Figure of St. Matthew, Cawston
Draughtsman: Wardle, George Young
History note: Philip Webb
Height: 278 mm
Width: 152 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: Given (1934-12) by Walker, Dorothy
Support composed of tracing paper ( brown, laid down)
Drawing (image-making) : Sepia wash with graphite on brown tracing paper, laid down on card
Inscription present: the 'xx' refer to indicated areas on the drawing
Accession number: 1729*8
Primary reference Number: 22233
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
This record can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:
The Fitzwilliam Museum (2023) "Figure of St. Matthew, Cawston" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/22233 Accessed: 2023-01-28 21:08:01
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{{cite web|url=https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/22233
|title=Figure of St. Matthew, Cawston
|author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2023-01-28 21:08:01|publisher=The
University of Cambridge}}
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Accession Number: C.882B-1928
Accession Number: ANE.2c.1975
Accession Number: MS McClean 201.11d
Accession Number: E.1.1900
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