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The Shepherdess
Draughtsman: Jacque, Charles Émile
History note: Anonymous Portuguese collection (?), John Tillotson
The John Tillotson Bequest, 1984, received 1985
Height: 268 mm
Width: 217 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: Bequeathed (1985) by Tillotson, John
Support composed of paper ( grey)
Drawing : Black chalk on grey paper, discoloured brown
Accession number: PD.143-1985
Primary reference Number: 6476
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
This record can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:
The Fitzwilliam Museum (2023) "The Shepherdess" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/6476 Accessed: 2023-06-09 16:14:25
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|author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2023-06-09 16:14:25|publisher=The
University of Cambridge}}
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<div class="text-center"> <figure class="figure"> <img src="https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/pdp/pdp13/PD_143_1985.jpg" alt="The Shepherdess" class="img-fluid" /> <figcaption class="figure-caption text-info">The Shepherdess</figcaption> </figure> </div>
Accession Number: C.48-1930
Accession Number: C.1581A-1928
Accession Number: C.44-1930
Accession Number: C.1581B-1928
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