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Sketch: 1258(9)

Object information

Awaiting location update

Titles

Sketch
Sketches and writing

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Caldecott, Randolph

Entities

Categories

Description

This is the head of a letter with a sketch, to Clough. It bears the date "1 Aug 1874" and the artist's address in Grt. Russell Street.

Measurements and weight

Height: 67 mm
Width: 112 mm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1927-08) by Holliday, J. R.

Dating

Production date: AD 1874-08-01

School or Style

British

Materials used in production

Ink

Components of the work

Support composed of paper

Techniques used in production

Pen and ink : Pen and ink on paper

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: 1 Aug 1874
  • Method of creation: Ink?
  • Type: Date
  • Text: (address in Grt. Russell Square)
  • Method of creation: Ink?
  • Text: Success in / modelling / Birds
  • Location: Left of drawing
  • Text: (writing)
  • Location: Verso

Identification numbers

Accession number: 1258(9)
Primary reference Number: 9219
Stable URI

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 18 December 2023 Last processed: Monday 18 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

Citation for print

This record can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:

The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Sketch" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/9219 Accessed: 2024-11-24 19:01:50

Citation for Wikipedia

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{{cite web|url=https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/9219 |title=Sketch |author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2024-11-24 19:01:50|publisher=The University of Cambridge}}

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