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Datura rosei (Thorn Apple)
Draughtsman: Withers, A. I.
Height: 397 mm
Width: 254 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: Bequeathed (1973) by Fairhaven, Henry Rogers Broughton
Watercolour
Graphite
Gum arabic
Watercolour : Watercolour and gum arabic over traces of graphite outline on vellum
Accession number: PD.993-1973
Primary reference Number: 24630
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) "Datura rosei (Thorn Apple)" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/24630 Accessed: 2023-05-31 12:25:54
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Accession Number: O.69-2008
Accession Number: 3055C
Accession Number: O.243-2008
Accession Number: 1490
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