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The husbandman: 1495

Object information

Awaiting location update

Titles

The husbandman

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Stott, Edward

Entities

Categories

Measurements and weight

Height: 355 mm
Width: 306 mm

Relative size of this object

30.6 m35.5 m What does this represent?

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.

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1928-09) by Anderson, A.E.

School or Style

British

Materials used in production

Pastels (crayons)

Components of the work

Support composed of brown paper

Techniques used in production

Drawing (image-making) : Pastels on brown paper

Inscription or legends present

Inscription present: the insciption may be a monogram

  • Text: A (?AD)
  • Location: Lower right
  • Method of creation: Graphite

Identification numbers

Accession number: 1495
Primary reference Number: 17792
Stable URI

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 3 August 2020 Last processed: Sunday 21 March 2021

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

Citation for print

This record can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:

The Fitzwilliam Museum (2023) "The husbandman" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/17792 Accessed: 2023-03-31 13:11:58

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{{cite web|url=https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/17792 |title=The husbandman |author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2023-03-31 13:11:58|publisher=The University of Cambridge}}

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