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Shipwreck off a rocky coast
Draughtsman: Backhuysen, Ludolf
History note: Paignon Dijonval; Ingram (Lugt 1405a)
Height: 79 mm
Width: 124 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
Grey wash
Brown ink
Black wash
Support composed of paper ( laid down on card)
Drawing : Pen, brown ink, grey wash, with a thin line of black wash bordering it on all sides, on paper, laid down on card
Accession number: PD.99-1963
Primary reference Number: 4205
Lugt: 1405a
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) "Shipwreck off a rocky coast" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/4205 Accessed: 2023-06-05 01:08:40
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University of Cambridge}}
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