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"Why have we stopped, Captain?"
Draughtsman: Bateman, Henry Mayo
Height: 330 mm
Width: 222 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 (1942-09-10) by Rotch, Claude Dickason
Production date: AD 1908
Support composed of paper ( laid down)
Drawing (image-making) : Graphite, chalk and Indian ink on paper, laid down
Accession number: 2502
Primary reference Number: 8642
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2023) ""Why have we stopped, Captain?"" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/8642 Accessed: 2023-06-01 01:09:24
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Accession Number: PD.11-1980.f.57
Accession Number: CM.1299-2009
Accession Number: P.12016-R
Accession Number: P.14342-R-18
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