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Museum attendant guarding a painting: PD.51-2014

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Titles

Museum attendant guarding a painting

Maker(s)

Searle, Ronald William Fordham

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Description

Published in Paris Match, 15 October 1998

Notes

History note: Ronald Searle

Legal notes

Given by the artist's family, 2014

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (2014) by Family of Ronald Searle

Dating

Production date: AD 1998

Components of the work

Paper Height 505 mm Width 405 mm

Techniques used in production

Drawing : Pen and black ink, coloured crayon and colour wash on paper

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: Ronald Searle
  • Location: Black ink
  • Method of creation: Lower right
  • Type: Signature

Identification numbers

Accession number: PD.51-2014
Primary reference Number: 199741

Audit data

Created: Monday 18 August 2014 Updated: Friday 21 October 2016

Associated departments & institutions

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

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