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Caricature of a seated Cleric Studies for two Roman soldiers
Tiepolo, Giovanni Battista
(Draughtsman)
History note: ? Count Algarotti-Corniani; ? Broadalbane, Langton House, Duns, Berwickshire; sale, Dowells, Edinburgh, 25 March 1925, part of lot 1004 ['Folio containing over 100 caricature drawings']; John Grant, bookseller, Edinburgh; Arthur Kay, H.R.S.H., F.S.A., c.1926, his sale, Christie's, 9 April 1943, part of lot 246; with the Arcade Gallery, London, from whom bought by Louis C.G.Clarke.
Bequeathed 1960.
Height: 215 mm
Width: 156 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
(1961)
by
Clarke, Louis Colville Gray
Support: composed of paper
Drawing : Recto: pen, black ink and grey wash
verso: pen and black ink on paper
Accession number: PD.130-1961
Primary reference Number: 48147
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Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/48147 Accessed: 2021-12-06 21:20:20
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Accession Number: PD.5-1966
Accession Number: 904*3 f.34
Accession Number: PD.129-1961
Accession Number: 2008.4
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