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The Lapland Witch
Draughtsman: Romney, George
Height: 314 mm
Width: 479 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
Production date: ? AD 1780
Title indicated by J.R., B.V.
Support composed of paper ( buff coloured)
Drawing : Pen with sepia and sepia wash over graphite on buff coloured paper
Accession number: B.V.34
Primary reference Number: 15909
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) "The Lapland Witch" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/15909 Accessed: 2023-01-27 15:54:53
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{{cite web|url=https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/15909
|title=The Lapland Witch
|author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2023-01-27 15:54:53|publisher=The
University of Cambridge}}
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<div class="text-center"> <figure class="figure"> <img src="https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/pdp/pdp67/B_V_34_CE.jpg" alt="The Lapland Witch" class="img-fluid" /> <figcaption class="figure-caption text-info">The Lapland Witch</figcaption> </figure> </div>
Accession Number: L.D.80
Accession Number: P.255-1948
Accession Number: P.12139-R
Accession Number: P.26-1958
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