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Study for the portrait of Miss Cicely Alexander
Draughtsman: Whistler, James Abbott McNeill
Pastel on buff paper
History note: W.C. Alexander (1840-1916); Thence by Descent
Accepted in lieu of inheritance tax by H.M. Government and allocated to the Fitzwilliam Museum
Height: 140 mm
Width: 70 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: Allocated (2017) by H.M. Government
Accession number: PD.1-2017
Primary reference Number: 222722
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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) "Study for the portrait of Miss Cicely Alexander" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/222722 Accessed: 2023-05-28 02:21:26
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Accession Number: PD.143-2015
Accession Number: PD.96-2015
Accession Number: 2784.f41.a
Accession Number: 2784.f40.a
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