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Caricature of a hunch-back with knock-knees
Draughtsman: Tiepolo, Giovanni Battista
History note: ? Count Algarotti-Corniani; ? Breadalbane, Langton House, Duns, Berwickshire; sale Dowells, Edinburgh, 25 March 1925, part of lot 1004 ['Folio containing over 100 caricature drawings']; John Grant, bookseller, Edinburgh; Arthur Kay, H.R.S.H., F.S.A., c.1926, his sale Christie's 9 April 1943, part of lot 246; with the Arcade Gallery, London, from whom bought by Louis C.G.Clarke
Bequeathed 1960.
Height: 203 mm
Width: 134 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 (1961) by Clarke, Louis Colville Gray
At top centre, another trial in pen and ink for a caricature head
Support composed of paper
Drawing : Pen, brown ink and wash on paper
Accession number: PD.129-1961
Primary reference Number: 7933
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Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2023) "Caricature of a hunch-back with knock-knees" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/7933 Accessed: 2023-01-28 19:23:25
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Accession Number: P.14411-R-32
Accession Number: C.36-1931
Accession Number: HEN.M.222-1933
Accession Number: O.46-1991
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