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Freshwater Bay, Isle of Wight
Draughtsman: Turner, Joseph Mallord William
Height: 195 mm
Width: 260 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 (1950) by Bacon, T.W.
Production date: circa AD 1795
Support composed of paper
Watercolour : Watercolour and ink over graphite with scratching out on paper
Accession number: PD.109-1950
Primary reference Number: 13904
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2023) "Freshwater Bay, Isle of Wight" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/13904 Accessed: 2023-05-31 22:58:33
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Accession Number: P.10019-R
Accession Number: 576
Accession Number: PD.248-1985
Accession Number: 747
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