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The Chaff-cutter: PD.88-1961

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Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

The Chaff-cutter
Translated as: Le Hâche-paille

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Millet, Jean François

Entities

Categories

Notes

History note: J. Staats Forbes (the name of the purchaser at the Staats Forbes exhibition of 1906 has been erased)

Legal notes

Bequeathed 1960, received 1961

Measurements and weight

Height: 178 mm
Width: 135 mm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1961) by Clarke, Louis Colville Gray

School or Style

French

Materials used in production

Black chalk

Components of the work

Support composed of paper

Techniques used in production

Drawing : Black chalk on paper

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: J.F.M.
  • Location: Lower right
  • Type: Signature
  • Text: (Exhibition, Leicester Galleries)
  • Location: Frame, verso
  • Method of creation: Label
  • Text: (Arts Council Exhibition)
  • Location: Frame, verso
  • Method of creation: Label
  • Text: Leicester Galleries
  • Location: Frame, verso
  • Method of creation: Label
  • Text: M / The Property of J.S. Forbes
  • Location: Frame, verso
  • Method of creation: Printed label
  • Text: OH / 894
  • Location: Frame, verso
  • Method of creation: MS label
  • Text: 1708
  • Location: Frame, verso
  • Method of creation: Red chalk
  • Text: 10
  • Location: Frame, verso
  • Method of creation: Blue chalk
  • Text: 53
  • Location: Frame, verso
  • Method of creation: Black chalk
  • Text: No. 8
  • Location: Frame, verso
  • Method of creation: Graphite
  • Text: 14
  • Location: Frame, verso
  • Method of creation: Printed label

Identification numbers

Accession number: PD.88-1961
Primary reference Number: 6608
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 24 May 2022 Last processed: Tuesday 13 June 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

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