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Margery Jourdain and Bolingbroke conjuring up the Fiend
Draughtsman: Romney, George
Height: 380 mm
Width: 560 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
Black ink
Grey watercolour wash
Black watercolour wash
Graphite
Support composed of laid paper ( laid down)
Watercolour : Pen with black ink?, black and grey watercolour wash over graphite on laid paper, laid down (area of reddish-brown pigment over head of central standing figure)
Accession number: B.V.134
Primary reference Number: 16461
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2023) "Margery Jourdain and Bolingbroke conjuring up the Fiend" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/16461 Accessed: 2023-03-20 12:54:57
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Accession Number: B.V.135
Accession Number: M.D.14
Accession Number: L.D.80
Accession Number: CM.443-2000
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