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"Come Buy, Buy, Lads, or else your lasses cry. Come Buy": 1597

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Titles

"Come Buy, Buy, Lads, or else your lasses cry. Come Buy"
Sketch of drapery

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Ospovat, Henry

Entities

Categories

Measurements and weight

Height: 224 mm
Width: 173 mm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1931-11) by Anderson, A.E.

Dating

Production date: verso AD 1900

Note

Illustration to "The Winters Tale", Act IV, Scene 3.

School or Style

British

Materials used in production

White bodycolour
Black chalk
Indian ink

Components of the work

Support composed of card

Techniques used in production

Drawing (image-making) : Recto: pen and Indian ink, touched with white bodycolour on card, surrounded on all sides with black ink margin verso: black chalk

Inscription or legends present

Inscription present: monogram

  • Text: H.O.
  • Location: Lower right
  • Method of creation: Black ink
  • Type: Signature
  • Text: Henry Ospovat
  • Location: Verso
  • Method of creation: Black wash?
  • Type: Signature
  • Text: 1900
  • Location: Verso
  • Method of creation: Black wash?
  • Type: Date

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Identification numbers

Accession number: 1597
Primary reference Number: 18677

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 3 August 2020

Associated departments & institutions

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

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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) ""Come Buy, Buy, Lads, or else your lasses cry. Come Buy"" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/18677 Accessed: 2024-04-26 07:10:38

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{{cite web|url=https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/18677 |title="Come Buy, Buy, Lads, or else your lasses cry. Come Buy" |author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2024-04-26 07:10:38|publisher=The University of Cambridge}}

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