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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
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 (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
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2023) "Head of a dark-breasted barn owl (Tyto guttata)" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/5829 Accessed: 2023-06-08 08:46:59
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