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Shipping in an estuary
Draughtsman: Aartman, Nicolaas
Height: 80 mm
Width: 161 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: Given (1862) by VanSittart, Augustus Arthur
Probably a design for a book illustration
Grey wash
Black wash
Graphite
Indian ink
Support composed of paper ( laid down on paper)
Drawing (image-making) : Pen and Indian ink, grey wash over graphite, with a thin line of black wash bordering it on all sides, on paper, laid down on paper
Accession number: 2857B
Primary reference Number: 4159
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) "Shipping in an estuary" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/4159 Accessed: 2023-06-04 22:35:17
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|author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2023-06-04 22:35:17|publisher=The
University of Cambridge}}
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Accession Number: PD.714-1963
Accession Number: PD.861-1963
Accession Number: PD.856-1963
Accession Number: PD.684-1963
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