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Coniston Old Man
Draughtsman: Turner, Joseph Mallord William (Ascribed to)
History note: Dr Crawford J. Pocock (see L. 579); John Ruskin; Arthur Severn sale, Sotheby's, 20 May 1931, lot 113, bt. for the Friends of the Fitzwilliam (£10)
Height: 252 mm
Width: 362 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 (1931) by The Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum
Support composed of paper
Drawing (image-making) : Recto: blue-grey wash with some graphite verso: graphite on paper
Accession number: 1587
Primary reference Number: 14042
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2023) "Coniston Old Man" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/14042 Accessed: 2023-02-02 15:59:21
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Accession Number: 2477
Accession Number: Loan Ant.103.682
Accession Number: PD.124-2015
Accession Number: O.89-2008
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