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Man reading a book
Sunqua (Attributed)
Height: 365 mm
Width: 256 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 (1909) by Bothamley, Rev. H.
Watercolour
Bodycolour
White highlights
Ink
Support composed of pith paper
Drawing : Watercolour, bodycolour, and ink with heightening in white, gold and silver on pith paper, laid down with with strips of blue silk-covered paper
Accession number: 4166(4)
Primary reference Number: 185630
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) "Man reading a book" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/185630 Accessed: 2023-05-28 18:37:03
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{{cite web|url=https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/185630
|title=Man reading a book
|author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2023-05-28 18:37:03|publisher=The
University of Cambridge}}
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<div class="text-center"> <figure class="figure"> <img src="https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/pdp/pdp82/4166_284_29_201106_amt49_dc2.jpg" alt="Man reading a book" class="img-fluid" /> <figcaption class="figure-caption text-info">Man reading a book</figcaption> </figure> </div>
Accession Number: PD.132-1948
Accession Number: Marlay 40-pl.14
Accession Number: PD.65-1997
Accession Number: 4169(12)
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