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On the Nile, 1868
Leighton, Frederic, Baron
(Painter)
History note: The artist, his sale, Christie's, 11 July 1896 (one of lot 174, 225, or 239-41); ?Spink, 1946; Fine Art Society 1978, from whom purchased, 1979.
Bought from the Fairhaven Fund, 1979
Height: 26.9 cm
Width: 41.5 cm
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: Bought
(1979)
by
Fairhaven Fund, The
1868-10-27 - 1868 1868-11-03
Support: composed of canvas
Painting (image-making) : Oil on canvas
Accession number: PD.5-1979
Primary reference Number: 3577
Stable URI
Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2020) "Painting"
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Accession Number: 389
Accession Number: ANE.2c.1975
Accession Number: 1630
Accession Number: C.20-2016
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