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Shipping in a calm
Draughtsman: Velde, Willem II van de (Circle of)
Height: 183 mm
Width: 430 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 (1943) by Brangwyn, Frank
Grey wash
Graphite
Black chalk
Support composed of paper ( laid down)
Drawing : Point of the brush and grey wash over graphite on black chalk, on paper, laid down
Accession number: 4021
Primary reference Number: 7781
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 (2022) "Shipping in a calm" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/7781 Accessed: 2022-12-05 01:45:39
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|title=Shipping in a calm
|author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2022-12-05 01:45:39|publisher=The
University of Cambridge}}
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https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/api/v1/objects/object-7781
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Accession Number: PD.862-1963
Accession Number: PD.91-1963
Accession Number: PD.19-2005
Accession Number: 591
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