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Inscription and calculations with sketches of a squirrel, and a bird perching on a bough: 3685.f.11

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Inscription and calculations with sketches of a squirrel, and a bird perching on a bough
Inscription and slight sketch of a domed building? with foliage

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Harvey, William

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Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1905) by James, Montague Rhodes, Dr

School or Style

British

Materials used in production

Graphite

Components of the work

Support composed of paper
Leaf Height 88 mm Width 114 mm

Techniques used in production

Handwriting : Graphite on paper

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: 23rd. to be returned - / large cot / Hanls / En[?]t. / Illg [?] / grey dark / 22000 / 200 / 2000
  • Location: Recto
  • Method of creation: Graphite
  • Text: 44 / 38 / 33 / 115 / 40 / 36 / 35 / 226 / 232
  • Location: Recto, lower right
  • Method of creation: Graphite

Inscription present: all [?] - indistinctly written, crossed through in graphite and rubbed

  • Text: 131 Common Hedgehog - Sorex Inacus / Common Shrew Comminus / Supia Fana will fave[?] / Common Mole / Tensee Soy traye - / Bear Pyrenees / Thibit - / Black - /cordill[?] / Grizley / Labrador / Malay / 4.5 Berneon
  • Location: Verso
  • Method of creation: Graphite

Identification numbers

Accession number: 3685.f.11
Primary reference Number: 41995

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 3 August 2020

Associated departments & institutions

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

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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Inscription and calculations with sketches of a squirrel, and a bird perching on a bough" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/41995 Accessed: 2024-05-06 03:44:16

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{{cite web|url=https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/41995 |title=Inscription and calculations with sketches of a squirrel, and a bird perching on a bough |author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2024-05-06 03:44:16|publisher=The University of Cambridge}}

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