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The Infant Shakespeare nursed by Comedy and Tragedy
Bequeathed by Dr W.M. Keynes, 2009, received 2010
Height: 112 mm
Width: 190 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: Bequeathed (2010) by Keynes, W. M., Dr.
Production date: ? AD 1783
Support composed of paper
Drawing : Pen and brown ink on paper
Accession number: PD.33-2010
Primary reference Number: 178829
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2023) "The Infant Shakespeare nursed by Comedy and Tragedy" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/178829 Accessed: 2023-02-07 06:30:24
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Accession Number: B.V.40
Accession Number: M.1-2003
Accession Number: C.937-1928
Accession Number: C.936A-1928
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