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He reached Q
Calligrapher: Harris, David
Virginia Woolf in 'To the Lighthouse' uses the alphabet as a measurement of the scale of human endeavour, fading towards Z as the goals become increasingly unattainable.
Given by David Harris
Height: 600 mm
Width: 490 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 Harris, David
Production date: AD 2005
Support
composed of
hardboard
Decoration
Brushwork : Acrylic on hardboard, brush drawn letters
Accession number: CAL 10-2007
Primary reference Number: 167380
Old object number: Calligraphy/Harris/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) "He reached Q" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/167380 Accessed: 2023-03-31 15:24:07
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Accession Number: P.14345-R-27
Accession Number: C.46-1950
Accession Number: LW.0366d
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