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An architectural fantasy
Legeay, Jean Laurent
(Draughtsman)
Height: 190 mm
Width: 274 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
(1834)
by
Mesman, Daniel
Support: composed of paper
Watercolour : Pen, ink and watercolour, on paper
Pen and ink
Accession number: 3039
Primary reference Number: 6496
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Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2020) "Drawing"
Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/6496 Accessed: 2022-01-19 16:37:13
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Accession Number: 1983
Accession Number: 2975
Accession Number: 3362
Accession Number: 3085
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