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Portrait of George Augustus Herbert, 11th Earl of Pembroke, 1759-1827
Draughtsman: Greuze, Jean Baptiste
History note: By descent from the 3rd Earl of Clanwilliam
Bought from the McDonald Fund with a contribution from the National Art Collections Fund.
Height: 54.5 cm
Width: 43.5 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 (2000) by Anthony Verschoyle (Gurr Johns)
Production date: AD 1780
Support
composed of
canvas
Frame
Weight 4 kg
Painting (image-making) : Oil on canvas
Accession number: PD.33-2000
Primary reference Number: 40241
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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Accession Number: 456
Accession Number: P.2712-R
Accession Number: P.34-1963
Accession Number: M.3A-1816
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