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The Devil's Bridge, St Gothard
Draughtsman: Turner, Joseph Mallord William
Height: 238 mm
Width: 305 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
Circa 1841 - 1843
Watercolour
Red ink
Brown ink
Grey ink
Graphite
Support composed of paper
Watercolour : Watercolour, pen with grey, red and brown ink over graphite, and scratching out on paper
Accession number: 586
Primary reference Number: 14019
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2023) "The Devil's Bridge, St Gothard" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/14019 Accessed: 2023-02-08 08:51:10
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Accession Number: P.9852-R
Accession Number: 587
Accession Number: P.10223-R
Accession Number: 588
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