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Charity
Draughtsman: Guercino (Giovanni Francesco Barbieri) (Studio of)
History note: Robert Udney (Lugt 2248); Thomas Banks (Lugt 2423); Mrs Lavinia Forster; Ambrose Poynter; Sir Edward J. Poynter, Bt. K.C.V.O., R.A., his sale, Sotheby's, 24 April 1918, lot 129, bought by Agnew for Charles B.O. Clarke, by whom bequeathed to Louis C.G. Clarke
Height: 178 mm
Width: 208 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 (1956) by Clarke, Louis Colville Gray
A copy based on the drawing, 'Charity with an old man', in the British Museum (1895-9-15-706)
Support composed of paper
Drawing : Red chalk on paper
Accession number: PD.17-1956
Primary reference Number: 7466
Lugt: 2248
Lugt: 2423
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
This record can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:
The Fitzwilliam Museum (2023) "Charity" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/7466 Accessed: 2023-06-10 03:16:07
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|title=Charity
|author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2023-06-10 03:16:07|publisher=The
University of Cambridge}}
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Accession Number: MAR.M.39-1912
Accession Number: 2795
Accession Number: 2146
Accession Number: 1098
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