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Capriccio - view from under coffered vault to tower beyond
Draughtsman: Clérisseau, Charles Louis
Height: 305 mm
Width: 455 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 (1821) by Whittaker, J. W.
Black wash
Black chalk
Watercolour
Bodycolour
Support composed of paper ( stuck down)
Watercolour : Watercolour, bodycolour, with trace of black chalk underdrawing, on paper, with black wash border, stuck down
Accession number: 3656
Primary reference Number: 6220
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2023) "Capriccio - view from under coffered vault to tower beyond" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/6220 Accessed: 2023-06-05 21:26:36
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Accession Number: 3693 f.78
Accession Number: PD.107-1992
Accession Number: P.42-2005
Accession Number: 3693 f.47
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