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A warship sailing before the wind
Draughtsman: Rietschoof, Hendrik
History note: Fuller-Maitland; Ingram (Lugt 1405a)
Height: 358 mm
Width: 470 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
Support composed of paper
Drawing : Black chalk washed in grey with the brush, on paper
Accession number: PD.636-1963
Primary reference Number: 5049
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) "A warship sailing before the wind" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/5049 Accessed: 2023-02-08 07:14:05
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University of Cambridge}}
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Accession Number: PD.95-1963
Accession Number: PD.94-1963
Accession Number: Loan Ant.103.11
Accession Number: CM.17-1938
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