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Study for a staircase decoration Studies
Draughtsman: Thornhill, James
History note: Sotheby's Feb. 21 1911 (3); Ricketts and Shannon Collection
The Ricketts and Shannon Collection. Bequeathed by Charles Shannon, 1937
Height: 388 mm
Width: 293 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 (1937) by Shannon, Charles Haslewood
Support composed of paper
Pen and ink : Recto: pen, ink and brown wash verso: pen and graphite on paper
Accession number: 2234
Primary reference Number: 13808
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 a staircase decoration" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/13808 Accessed: 2023-06-04 22:06:53
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Accession Number: PD.4-1982
Accession Number: 1079/18
Accession Number: 3089
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