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A view of a town with a church on a river
Draughtsman: Unknown
History note: Sir Bruce Ingram, not stamped, offered for sale by his executors, Sotheby's, 1 December 1964, part of lot 78, as "two pages from a sketchbook", withdrawn
Bequeathed 1963, received 1964
Height: 80 mm
Width: 236 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 (1964) by Ingram, Bruce Stirling, Sir
Support composed of paper ( same sheet as PD.117-1963)
Drawing (image-making) : Point of the brush, grey wash, over black chalk on paper
Inscription present: the former in an 18th century hand (?)
Accession number: PD.116-1964
Primary reference Number: 4152
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 (2023) "A view of a town with a church on a river" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/4152 Accessed: 2023-03-22 09:17:37
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Accession Number: PD.469-1963
Accession Number: C.261-1991
Accession Number: 2126
Accession Number: PD.205-1963
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