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"The Duenna", study for book illustration
Draughtsman: Rossetti, Dante Gabriel
History note: ?Sotherby's; C.F. Murray; purchased by J.R.Holliday for £8.16s, Dec 9th, 1910 (noted in Holliday's MS list)
Height: 181 mm
Width: 124 mm
Relative size of this object is displayed using code inspired by Good Form and Spectacle's work on the British Museum's Waddeson Bequest website and their dimension drawer. They chose a tennis ball to represent a universally sized object, from which you could envisage the size of an object.
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1927-08) by Holliday, J. R.
Circa 1850 - 1852
Support composed of paper
Pen and ink : Pen and ink on paper
Accession number: 1426
Primary reference Number: 13363
Surtees: 675
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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Accession Number: 3037
Accession Number: P.11926-R
Accession Number: ANE.2c.1975
Accession Number: PD.167-1985
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