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Carl Friedrich Abel (1723-1787)
Wood, William (English miniaturist)
Height: 148 mm
Width: 102 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
Support composed of vellum (paper)
Watercolour : Watercolour on vellum
Inscription present: Name of the sitter
Accession number: 4108
Primary reference Number: 82041
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) "Carl Friedrich Abel (1723-1787)" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/82041 Accessed: 2023-06-04 15:28:01
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Accession Number: PD.1-1965.f.14
Accession Number: CM.BI.1924-R
Accession Number: PD.734-1973
Accession Number: CM.QC.4407-R
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