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A village bonfire
Velde, Esaias I van de
(Draughtsman)
History note: A.W. Mensing, Sale, Amsterdam, 29 April 1937, lot 754; sold Ingram Colnaghi May 1937 £12
Height: 187 mm
Width: 305 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
Production date: AD 1628
Support composed of paper
Drawing : Black chalk, brown-grey wash, on paper
Accession number: PD.771-1963
Primary reference Number: 5409
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Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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"A village bonfire"
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Accession Number: P.10016-R
Accession Number: 31.K.12-161
Accession Number: C.248-1991
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