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An architectural fantasy
Draughtsman: Legeay, Jean Laurent
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
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) "An architectural fantasy" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/6496 Accessed: 2023-02-01 07:15:33
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|title=An architectural fantasy
|author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2023-02-01 07:15:33|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/pdp73/large_3039_201606_adn21_dc2.jpg" alt="An architectural fantasy" class="img-fluid" /> <figcaption class="figure-caption text-info">An architectural fantasy</figcaption> </figure> </div>
Accession Number: 1983
Accession Number: M.1.8-1841
Accession Number: M.1.1-1841
Accession Number: M.1.3-1841
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