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Study for the Fiend's Head (1)
Draughtsman: Romney, George
Height: 303 mm
Width: 300 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: Unknown by Unknown
Support composed of paper
Drawing : Black chalk worked with stump over traces of graphite, strengthened with black chalk on paper
Accession number: B.V.136
Primary reference Number: 15993
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) "Study for the Fiend's Head (1)" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/15993 Accessed: 2023-06-03 00:15:21
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Accession Number: 1996
Accession Number: PD.54-1998
Accession Number: 2032J
Accession Number: L.D.136
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