George Gorham, of St. Neots
Downman, John
(Draughtsman)
History note: The artist; bequeathed to his only daughter, Mrs Isabella Cloe Benjamin; acquired by the Hon. George Neville, later Neville Granville, Dean of Windsor, c. 1825; by descent to Mrs Maitland; Lady Longmore; 2nd Series bt. from Lady Longmore in 1936 for the Museum by two anonymous Friends of the Fitzwilliam and by the N.A.C.F.
Height: 232 mm
Width: 192 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
(1936-10)
by
Anonymous
Production date: AD 1777
Watercolour
White chalk
Black chalk
Red chalk
Support composed of paper
Drawing (image-making) : Black, white and red chalk, with stump and watercolour, some lines incised with a stylus, on paper, attached to mount sheet
Accession number: 1848
Primary reference Number: 15166
Stable URI
Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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"George Gorham, of St. Neots"
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