Design for a peacock clothes brush, by Charles Robert Ashbee

An image of Design for a peacock clothes brush. Ashbee, Charles Robert (British, 1863-1942). Set with a pearl blister. Graphite with white watercolour on brown paper, height 231 mm, width 151 mm. 20th century.

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Design for a peacock clothes brush. Ashbee, Charles Robert (British, 1863-1942). Set with a pearl blister. Graphite with white watercolour on brown paper, height 231 mm, width 151 mm. 20th century.

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Accession Number: PD.25-2016
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Photographer name: Michael Jones
Image height: 1025 pixels
Image width: 677 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
Filesize: 533.09kB
Exposure time: 1/17
ISO Speed: 50
Captured: 2012:01:26 16:36:04

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20th Century Art Nouveau Ashbee birds British School brush Charles Robert Ashbee clothes brush design designing drawing Edwardian English Fitz_PDP graphite jewellery jewellery designs peacock peacock feather peacock tail peacocks pearls

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