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Pigeons feeding near a golden pigeon cote on a hillside
Unknown
(Miniaturist)
Bequeathed 1946 by P.C. Manuk and Miss G.M. Coles through the National Art Collections Fund.
Height: 210 mm
Width: 132 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
(1948)
by
Manuk, P. C. and Coles, G. M., Miss
Mid 17th century
Production date:
circa
AD/CE 1650
Support: composed of paper ( laid down)
Watercolour : Bodycolour and gold on paper
Accession number: PD.179-1948
Primary reference Number: 33387
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 (2020) "Miniature (painting)"
Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/33387 Accessed: 2022-01-24 16:41:21
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Accession Number: PD.473-1963
Accession Number: PD.913-1963
Accession Number: PD.79-1963
Accession Number: 31.K.12-121
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