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Bust of John Milton, with a wreath of laurel
Draughtsman: Cipriani, Giovanni Battista
History note: Thomas Hollis; Ar. Onslow; Lord Onslow; Lord Fitzwilliam
Height: 286 mm
Width: 202 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 (1816) by Fitzwilliam, Richard, 7th Viscount
Pink wash
White bodycolour
Graphite
Support composed of prepared paper
Drawing : Graphite heightened with white on pink prepared paper
Accession number: 3302
Primary reference Number: 7258
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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Accession Number: M.2-1932
Accession Number: C.93-1928
Accession Number: C.946-2016
Accession Number: EC.38-1942
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