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Head of a sleeping child A faint sketch of a triumphal procession of men and horses
Draughtsman: Mieris, Willem van (Attributed to)
History note: Brindley, H.H.
Height: 204 mm
Width: 183 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: Given (1918-01) by Brindley, H.H.
Support composed of paper ( buff)
Drawing (image-making) : Recto: black, red and white chalk verso: black chalk on buff paper
Accession number: 911
Primary reference Number: 4835
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) "Head of a sleeping child" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/4835 Accessed: 2023-06-04 23:21:07
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Accession Number: PD.231-1961
Accession Number: P.115-1940
Accession Number: GR.2.1992
Accession Number: O.68-1991
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