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Street through a town: PD.521-R

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Titles

Street through a town

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Booth, W. (Lt. Col.)

Entities

Categories

Measurements and weight

Height: 116 mm
Width: 260 mm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1922) by Perceval, Spencer George

Dating

Production date: AD 1813-09-10

School or Style

British

Materials used in production

Watercolour
Graphite
Ink

Components of the work

Support composed of paper

Techniques used in production

Watercolour : Graphite, pen and ink with watercolour on two sheets of paper, attached to brown paper backing sheet
Pen and ink

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: Park of St Peters / Town / Isle of Thanet
  • Location: Upper right
  • Method of creation: Graphite
  • Text: Taken 19th Sept 1813
  • Location: Upper right, to right of above
  • Method of creation: Graphite
  • Type: Date
  • Text: WB
  • Location: Upper right, below the above
  • Method of creation: Graphite
  • Type: Signature

Identification numbers

Accession number: PD.521-R
Primary reference Number: 29696
Temporary Perceval number: PB521

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 3 August 2020

Associated departments & institutions

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

Citation for print

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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Street through a town" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/29696 Accessed: 2024-04-20 14:27:44

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{{cite web|url=https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/29696 |title=Street through a town |author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2024-04-20 14:27:44|publisher=The University of Cambridge}}

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