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Susannah Wedgwood, mother of Charles Darwin
History note: Erasmus Alvey Darwin; Charles Darwin; William Erasmus Darwin; Margaret Elizabeth Keynes; W.M. Keynes
Bequeathed by Dr W. M. Keynes, 2009, received 2010
Height: 70 mm
Width: 60 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 1793
Support composed of ivory
Watercolour : Watercolour on ivory
Accession number: PD.26-2010
Primary reference Number: 186347
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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Accession Number: C.3-1988
Accession Number: EC.17-1939
Accession Number: C.1-1909
Accession Number: C.20-1984
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