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Cottage among trees with a sandbank
Constable, John
(Draughtsman)
Page detached from a sketchbook.
History note: Anon. sale, Sotheby's, 27 April 1966, lot 272, bt. Colnaghi (£320), from whom purchased
From the Fairhaven Fund.
Height: 122 mm
Width: 150 mm
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Method of acquisition: Bought
(1966)
by
P. and D. Colnaghi and Co. Ltd
Circa 1830 - 1836
Support composed of paper ( trimmed at right)
Watercolour : Watercolour with some graphite under-drawing on paper
Accession number: PD.12-1966
Primary reference Number: 14772
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Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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Accession Number: 1147b
Accession Number: C.19-1996
Accession Number: 31.K.12-121
Accession Number: PD.556-1963
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