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Capriccio - classical ruin in landscape
Clérisseau, Charles Louis
(Draughtsman)
Height: 238 mm
Width: 355 mm
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Method of acquisition: Given
(1821)
by
Whittaker, J. W.
Black wash
Black chalk
Watercolour
Ink
Gouache
Support composed of paper ( mounted)
Watercolour : Watercolour, gouache, pen and ink, with traces of black chalk underdrawing, on paper, with black wash border, mounted on back of engraving of arch
Pen and ink
Accession number: 3642
Primary reference Number: 6203
Stable URI
Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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