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Warships and small sailing ships in a breeze
Draughtsman: Backhuysen, Ludolf
History note: L. Deglatigny (Lugt 1768a); sale, Paris, 14-15 June 1937, lot 42, repr.; Ingram (Lugt 1405a)
Height: 83 mm
Width: 121 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
Outline of principal warship traced through in graphite on verso
Grey wash
Brown ink
Brown wash
Support composed of paper
Drawing : Pen, brown ink, grey wash, with a hint of brown wash bordering it on all sides, on paper
Accession number: PD.95-1963
Primary reference Number: 4201
Lugt: 1768a
Lugt: 1405a
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Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2023) "Warships and small sailing ships in a breeze" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/4201 Accessed: 2023-05-28 11:31:58
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Accession Number: M.45-1984
Accession Number: PD.119-1963
Accession Number: PD.109-1963
Accession Number: PER.M.352-1923
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