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Fishermen mending nets
Draughtsman: Avercamp, Hendrick
History note: Sir Thomas Lawrence, P.R.A.; Col. Gould Weston, sold, Christie's, 15 July 1958, lot 127, bt. Colnaghi for Sir Bruce Ingram (Lugt 1405a) (£70)
Height: 83 mm
Width: 174 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 (1963) by Ingram, Bruce Stirling, Sir
Watercolour
Brown ink
Black chalk
Support composed of paper ( laid down on card)
Watercolour : Pen and brown ink, watercolour over black chalk, with a line of brown ink bordering it on all sides, on paper laid down on card
Accession number: PD.78-1963
Primary reference Number: 4181
Lugt: 1405a
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2023) "Fishermen mending nets" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/4181 Accessed: 2023-02-07 19:10:09
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Accession Number: PD.819-1963
Accession Number: CM.89-1939
Accession Number: P.14178-R
Accession Number: PD.707-1963
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