A sleeping cat
Draughtsman: Steinlen, Théophile Alexandre
History note: With the Piccadilly Gallery, Cork Street, London, 1960; bt. A.S.F Gow, May 1960 (£35)
Height: 139 mm
Width: 153 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 (1978-02-09) by Gow, A. S. F.
Support composed of paper ( squared)
Drawing : Black chalk on squared paper from an exercise book
Accession number: PD.65-1978
Primary reference Number: 6797
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2023) "A sleeping cat" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/6797 Accessed: 2023-02-07 19:40:53
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Accession Number: O.68-1991
Accession Number: M.40-1997
Accession Number: 3939
Accession Number: M.17-1917
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