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Calligraphy is alive and well
Calligrapher: Larcher, Jean
Tools and materials used: ruling pen and gouache on Canson Mi Teintes paper
Given by Jean Larcher
Height: 500 mm
Width: 648 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 by Larcher, Jean
Production date: AD 2001
Support
composed of
paper
( Canson Mi Teintes)
Decoration
Accession number: CAL 23-2007
Primary reference Number: 167370
Old object number: Calligraphy/Larcher/1
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Manuscripts and Printed Books
This record can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:
The Fitzwilliam Museum (2023) "Calligraphy is alive and well" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/167370 Accessed: 2023-02-07 06:49:58
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University of Cambridge}}
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Accession Number: M.10-2007
Accession Number: Marlay 40-pl.31
Accession Number: CAL 21-2007
Accession Number: CAL 29.4-2007
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