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Coast scene with fortress: 3606

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Coast scene with fortress

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Clérisseau, Charles Louis

Entities

Categories

Measurements and weight

Height: 358 mm
Width: 28.6 mm

Relative size of this object

2.9 m35.8 m What does this represent?

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.

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1821) by Whittaker, J. W.

School or Style

French

Materials used in production

Watercolour
Black chalk

Components of the work

Support composed of paper ( stuck on thicker paper)

Techniques used in production

Watercolour : Black chalk and watercolour on paper, stuck on thicker paper

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: no. 44
  • Location: Verso
  • Method of creation: Graphite

Identification numbers

Accession number: 3606
Primary reference Number: 6156
Stable URI

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 24 May 2022 Last processed: Monday 25 July 2022

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

Citation for print

This record can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:

The Fitzwilliam Museum (2023) "Coast scene with fortress" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/6156 Accessed: 2023-03-30 13:04:16

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