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Head of a young boy
Draughtsman: Creti, Donato
History note: John, Lord Northwick; Captain E. Spencer-Churchill; his sale, Sotheby's, 1 November 1920, lot 57; Thomas Girtin
Height: 246 mm
Width: 193 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: Given (1921) by Girtin, Thomas
Whitening
Black chalk
Red chalk
Support composed of paper ( grey)
Drawing (image-making) : Red and black chalk heightened with white on grey paper
Accession number: 1047
Primary reference Number: 7291
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2023) "Head of a young boy" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/7291 Accessed: 2023-01-27 12:31:35
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Accession Number: O.222-2008
Accession Number: PD.47-2007
Accession Number: E.GA.4338.1943
Accession Number: 3264
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