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Near Girga on the Nile
Draughtsman: Weston, G. F.
Height: 173 mm
Width: 278 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 (1933-05) by Benson, Robert, Lt. Col.
Production date: circa AD 1846
Support composed of paper
Watercolour : Watercolour over traces of graphite on paper
Accession number: 1630
Primary reference Number: 14340
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
This record can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:
The Fitzwilliam Museum (2022) "Near Girga on the Nile" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/14340 Accessed: 2022-12-05 02:39:25
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University of Cambridge}}
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Accession Number: PD.5-1979
Accession Number: E.12.1931
Accession Number: E.174.1912
Accession Number: E.173.1912
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