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Head of a dark-breasted barn owl (Tyto guttata)
Draughtsman: Lenardi, Vincenzo
History note: Cassiano del Pozzo; Louis C.G. Clarke, LL.D
Height: 141 mm
Width: 141 mm
Method of acquisition: Given (1956-07-19) by Clarke, Louis Colville Gray
Formerly catalogued as 'Anonymous, German School, late 17th C.'
Watercolour
Bodycolour
Whitening
Black chalk
Support composed of paper ( white, laid down)
Watercolour : Point of the brush and watercolour, bodycolour heightened with white over traces of black chalk, on white paper, laid down on mount
Accession number: PD.43-1956
Primary reference Number: 5829
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The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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