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'Bogus Beast, The Wily Grasser'
Draughtsman: Sime, Sidney Herbert
Height: 227 mm
Width: 168 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: Given (1942-09-10) by Rotch, Claude Dickason
Support composed of paper ( stuck down)
Drawing (image-making) : Pen and Indian ink with grey wash on paper, stuck down on card
Accession number: 2489
Primary reference Number: 13605
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2023) "'Bogus Beast, The Wily Grasser'" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/13605 Accessed: 2023-03-23 12:23:38
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Accession Number: M.5-1928
Accession Number: ANE.2c.1975
Accession Number: E.T.2c
Accession Number: O.11 & A-1934
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