Sir John Simon (1818-97)
Sculptor:
Goss, William Henry
Artist:
Hancock, Robert
(After)
History note: The estate of G. D. V. Glynn
Accepted by H. M. Government in lieu of Inheritance Tax from the estate of G. D. V. Glynn, and allocated to the Fitzwilliam Museum
Height: 17.8 cm
Length: 12.2 cm
Width: 7.5 cm
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: Allocated (2016-01-25) by H.M. Government
Base Length 5.9 cm Width 6 cm
Accession number: C.985-2016
Primary reference Number: 215997
Old number: 443
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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