"Death, The Wooer", c. 1895
Draughtsman: Legros, Alphonse
History note: From the collection of J. Staats Forbes (1823-1904); Frank Edward Bliss Esq. (1847- ?); bt. from them by Charles Ricketts; Charles Ricketts, R.A. (1866-1931) and Charles Shannon, R.A. (1863-1937); on loan to the Museum from January 1933 to March 1937
The Ricketts and Shannon Collection. Bequeathed by Charles Shannon, 1937
Height: 248 mm
Width: 203 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 (1937) by Shannon, Charles Haslewood
Production date: circa AD 1895
Support composed of paper
Drawing (image-making) : Graphite, brush and sepia, on paper
Accession number: 2097
Primary reference Number: 6516
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Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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