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The Omnibus
Draughtsman: Keene, Charles Samuel
Height: 180 mm
Width: 115 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 (1948-05) by Garrod, D.A.E.
Support composed of paper
Drawing : Pen and brown ink with traces of graphite on paper
Inscription present: monogram
Accession number: PD.24-1948
Primary reference Number: 18450
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
This record can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:
The Fitzwilliam Museum (2023) "The Omnibus" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/18450 Accessed: 2023-03-29 15:35:50
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|title=The Omnibus
|author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2023-03-29 15:35:50|publisher=The
University of Cambridge}}
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Accession Number: P.14345-R-35
Accession Number: P.14345-R-L1
Accession Number: PD.125-1973.16
Accession Number: CM.172-2013
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