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Corinth from the Acropolis
Turner, Joseph Mallord William
(Draughtsman)
History note: H.A.J. Munro of Novar, sold Christie's, 2 June 1877, lot 77, bt. Agnew (£320 5s); William Lee, sold Christie's, 28 May 1883, lot 174, bt. in (£231); Lee Sale, Christie's, 22 June 1888, lot 363, bt. Tooth (£65 2s) for the Rt Hon. Professor Sir Thomas Clifford Allbutt, K.C.B., M.D., F.R.S.
Bequeathed 1925
Height: 210 mm
Width: 267 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
(1935)
by
Allbutt, Thomas Clifford
1831 - 1832 1832
Support: composed of paper
Watercolour : Watercolour over traces of graphite on paper
Accession number: 1762
Primary reference Number: 13967
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Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/13967 Accessed: 2021-11-29 14:51:40
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Accession Number: P.10021-R
Accession Number: GR.54.1865
Accession Number: GR.4.1935
Accession Number: CM.1724-1950
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