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A family group in a garden: PD.88-1963

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Current Location: In storage

Titles

A family group in a garden

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Avercamp, Hendrick

Entities

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Notes

History note: William Esdaile (Lugt 2617), 1807; Esdaile Sale, Christie's, 20 June 1840, lot 600 (as by Vinckeboons), bt. W.B. Tiffin; Charles Newton Robinson; Lady Head, Sale Sotheby's, 7 November 1951, lot 19 (as by Vinckeboons), bt. Messrs Colnaghi for Sir Bruce Ingram (Lugt 1405a), 8 November 1951

Measurements and weight

Height: 154 mm
Width: 173 mm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1936) by Ingram, Bruce Stirling, Sir

School or Style

Dutch

Materials used in production

Watercolour
Brown ink
Black chalk

Components of the work

Support composed of paper ( laid down on card)

Techniques used in production

Watercolour : Pen, brown ink and watercolour, over black chalk, with two lines in brown ink bordering it on right and below, on paper, laid down on card

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: 1807.WE P 4 no 10 (in Esdaile's hand)
  • Location: Verso
  • Method of creation: Ink
  • Text: WE (in Esdaile's hand)
  • Location: Verso?, lower right
  • Method of creation: Ink

Identification numbers

Accession number: PD.88-1963
Primary reference Number: 4191
Lugt: 2617
Lugt: 1405a

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Friday 8 March 2024

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

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