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Digging for rats: PD.192-2015

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Digging for rats

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Wilkie, David

Entities

Categories

Description

A study for 'The Rat Hunters' (diploma picture)

Notes

History note: Sir Bruce Ingram (L.1405a on old mount); his sale (Sotheby's, 'English Drawings from the Ingram Coll, Part II'), 9/12/1964, lot 396; bt. Batchelor under pseudonym Smith.

Legal notes

Sir Ivor and Lady Batchelor Bequest

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (2015) by Batchelor, Ivor, Sir and Lady

Dating

19th Century
Circa 1810 CE - Circa 1811 CE

School or Style

British

Materials used in production

Watercolour
Ink

Components of the work

Support composed of paper

Techniques used in production

Drawing : Pen and brown ink with brown wash

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Identification numbers

Accession number: PD.192-2015
Primary reference Number: 215726
Lugt: 1405a
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Audit data

Created: Thursday 13 April 2017 Updated: Monday 6 February 2023 Last processed: Friday 8 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

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