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Aceraceae (Maple Family) The Virginian flowering Maple
Draughtsman: Ehret, Georg Dionysius
Study of terminal panicle and a terminal portion of woody stem with leaves.
Height: 525 mm
Width: 360 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 and bodycolour on vellum
Accession number: PD.116-1973.16
Primary reference Number: 31611
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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) "Aceraceae (Maple Family)" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/31611 Accessed: 2023-03-28 17:10:48
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Accession Number: 657
Accession Number: 24.K.1-79
Accession Number: M.3-1935
Accession Number: PD.59-1993
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