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Memorial to Thomas and John Fitzwilliam: 465

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Object information

Current Location: Gallery 31 (Armoury)

Titles

Memorial to Thomas and John Fitzwilliam

Maker(s)

Painter: Unknown

Entities

Categories

Notes

History note: Viscounts Montague at Cowdray House, Sussex, until after 1793, when it passed at a date unknown to Richard, Viscount Fitzwilliam, founder of the Fitzwilliam Musuem

Measurements and weight

Height: 84.4 cm
Width: 114.9 cm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1816) by Fitzwilliam, Richard, 7th Viscount

Dating

Production date: circa AD 1730

Note

Identified as the copy.

School or Style

British

People, subjects and objects depicted

Materials used in production

Oil

Components of the work

Support composed of canvas

Techniques used in production

Painting (image-making) : Oil on canvas

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: .THOMAS FFITZ./WILLYAM (see catalogue for accurate transcription)
  • Location: At left
  • Text: Ihoan, FFITZ,/WILLIAM (see catalogue for accurate transcription)
  • Location: At right
  • Text: IN DOYING THEIR DUETIES AGAINST THE SCOTS / AT FLODDON FIELD UPON FRIDAY 9th SEPTEMr. 1513 (see catalogue for accurate transcription)
  • Location: On base, on the panel

References and bibliographic entries

Identification numbers

Accession number: 465
Primary reference Number: 805
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Friday 27 November 2020 Last processed: Wednesday 13 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

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