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Namur on the Meuse
Draughtsman: Turner, Joseph Mallord William
History note: Charles Stokes; Hannah Cooper, from whom purchased by John Ruskin, 1858
Height: 140 mm
Width: 190 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 (1861) by Ruskin, John
Production date: circa AD 1839
Watercolour
Bodycolour
Red ink
Grey ink
Support composed of paper ( blue)
Watercolour : Watercolour and bodycolour, with pen, red and grey ink on blue paper
Accession number: 577
Primary reference Number: 13958
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2023) "Namur on the Meuse" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/13958 Accessed: 2023-01-28 13:25:00
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Accession Number: 578
Accession Number: CM.600-2013
Accession Number: C.1846 & A-1928
Accession Number: CM.185-1917
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