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Penshurst (1852)
Painter: Brett, John
History note: With P. & D. Colnaghi & Co. Ltd, London
From the Fairhaven Fund.
Height: 17.8 cm
Width: 25.4 cm
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: Bought (1968) by P. and D. Colnaghi and Co. Ltd
Production date: AD 1852
Support composed of millboard
Painting (image-making) : Oil on millboard
Inscription present: Winsor & Newton
Accession number: PD.19-1968
Primary reference Number: 781
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2023) "Penshurst (1852)" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/781 Accessed: 2023-05-31 00:50:56
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Accession Number: CM.QC.2232-R
Accession Number: P.12658-R
Accession Number: CM.PB-29-R
Accession Number: O.29-1991
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