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Lady charming quicksilver from a mine by her beauty
Miniaturist: Unknown
Bequeathed by P.C. Manuk and Miss G.M. Coles in 1946 through the National Art Collections Fund.
Height: 167 mm
Width: 244 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
Production date: circa AD 1800
Bodycolour
White bodycolour
Ink
Gold
Support composed of paper
Watercolour : Bodycolour including white, pen and ink with gold on paper
Accession number: PD.125-1948
Primary reference Number: 34020
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2023) "Lady charming quicksilver from a mine by her beauty" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/34020 Accessed: 2023-06-02 19:49:40
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Accession Number: PD.4-1981
Accession Number: M.6-1977
Accession Number: PD.190-1950
Accession Number: C.2-1986
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