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Head of Edgar
Draughtsman: Romney, George
Height: 349 mm
Width: 533 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 (1818-09) by Romney, John
1773 - 1775
Support composed of paper
Drawing : Charcoal on paper
Accession number: B.V.52
Primary reference Number: 15721
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 (2023) "Head of Edgar" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/15721 Accessed: 2023-03-31 00:10:16
To cite this record on Wikipedia you can use this code snippet:
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|title=Head of Edgar
|author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2023-03-31 00:10:16|publisher=The
University of Cambridge}}
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https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/api/v1/objects/object-15721
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Accession Number: CM.ME.364-R
Accession Number: P.5874-R
Accession Number: P.9-1978
Accession Number: CM.309-1991
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