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A cockerel, a muscovy (?) Drake on water with Bullrushes
Draughtsman: Robert, Nicolas (Attributed to)
Height: 203 mm
Width: 308 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
Support composed of vellum (skin)
Watercolour : Watercolour on vellum - the drawing interrupts the border lines, right
Accession number: PD.109-1973.28
Primary reference Number: 31305
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Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2023) "A cockerel, a muscovy (?) Drake on water with Bullrushes" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/31305 Accessed: 2023-06-06 16:27:48
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Accession Number: P.3086-R
Accession Number: 3458
Accession Number: C.743-2016
Accession Number: PD.9-1988
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