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The opening of the New London Bridge by William IV
Draughtsman: Cox, David, the elder
Height: 319 mm
Width: 541 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 (1927-08) by Holliday, J. R.
Support composed of paper
Watercolour : Graphite and watercolour on paper
Accession number: 1285
Primary reference Number: 9937
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2023) "The opening of the New London Bridge by William IV" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/9937 Accessed: 2023-02-05 20:52:50
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Accession Number: CM.240-1938
Accession Number: CM.4.77-1922
Accession Number: P.9866-R
Accession Number: P.9867-R
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