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Sketch for the Gower children
Romney, George
(Draughtsman)
Height: 403 mm
Width: 317 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: Bought
(1874-05-02)
by
Unknown
Production date: AD 1777
Support composed of paper
Drawing : Sepia wash over graphite (mostly erased) gone over with pen and bistre, on paper
Accession number: L.D.58
Primary reference Number: 15457
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Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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"Sketch for the Gower children"
Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/15457 Accessed: 2022-05-26 15:12:06
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Accession Number: 3782
Accession Number: C.1004-2016
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