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Joseph's brethren bowing down before him The Story of Joseph
Draughtsman: Blake, William
History note: First owner or owners not known; Walter E. Tiffin, his sale, Sotheby's, 29 February - 9 March 1860 (9th day) (1826), bt. by Palser for J.H. Chance; Lord Coleridge by 1862; Anne, Lady Coleridge, Christie's, 12 December 1898 (62); bt. by Dunthorne (for 11 gns)
Height: 403 mm
Width: 562 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: Bought (1900) by Dunthorne
Circa 1784 CE - 1785 CE
Watercolour
Graphite
Indian ink
Support composed of paper
Watercolour : Indian ink and watercolour over graphite on paper
Accession number: 456A
Primary reference Number: 17430
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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Accession Number: 202
Accession Number: 1178 (a)
Accession Number: PD.178-1950
Accession Number: PD.165-1950
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