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Study for "Washing Hands"
Draughtsman: Rossetti, Dante Gabriel
History note: Mrs. Thomas Ayres; Christie's, 23rd April 1906 (part of lot 31); bought by J.R. Holliday, with another drawing, for £46.4s
Height: 470 mm
Width: 349 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 (1931) by Holliday, J. R.
Production date: AD 1865
A study for a watercolour painted August 1865 (present whereabouts unknown).
Support composed of paper
Drawing (image-making) : Graphite on paper
Inscription present: monogram
Accession number: 1576
Primary reference Number: 13375
Surtees: 179A
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2023) "Study for "Washing Hands"" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/13375 Accessed: 2023-05-30 19:58:17
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Accession Number: PD.134-1992
Accession Number: 3037
Accession Number: 2103
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