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A musical party at Montagu House, 1733

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An image of Title/s
 A musical party at Montagu House, 1733

 
Maker/s
 Laroon, Marcellus (draughtsman) [ULAN info: British artist, 1679-1774]

 
Category
 drawing

 
Name
 drawing
 
School/Style
 British
 
Technique Description 
 pen and ink over graphite with a little wash on paper
 
Dimensions
 height: 357 mm
width: 266 mm

 
Date
 1733
 
Provenance
 given: The Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum 1947-02 (Filtered for: Paintings, Drawings and Prints) 

Bendall Martyn (for whom executed); Randall Davies, 10-12 Feb. 1947 (267)

 
Inscriptions/Marks
 1.signature
Position: lower right
Method: ink
Content: Mar: Laroon Dux. Fecit

2.date
Position: lower right, following the above
Method: ink
Content: 1733

 
Documentation
 1.Davies, Rhys (1923) Chats on Old English Drawings, [page: 76] 
 
Material/s 
 ink (medium) 
graphite (medium) 
wash (medium) 
paper (support) 

 
Accession Number 
 PD.2-1947 (Paintings, Drawings and Prints)

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Title/s A musical party at Montagu House, 1733 Maker/s Laroon, Marcellus (draughtsman) [ULAN info: British artist, 1679-1774] Category drawing Name drawing School/Style British Technique Description pen and ink over graphite with a little wash on paper Dimensions height: 357 mm width: 266 mm Date 1733 Provenance given: The Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum 1947-02 (Filtered for: Paintings, Drawings and Prints) Bendall Martyn (for whom executed); Randall Davies, 10-12 Feb. 1947 (267) Inscriptions/Marks 1.signature Position: lower right Method: ink Content: Mar: Laroon Dux. Fecit 2.date Position: lower right, following the above Method: ink Content: 1733 Documentation 1.Davies, Rhys (1923) Chats on Old English Drawings, [page: 76] Material/s ink (medium) graphite (medium) wash (medium) paper (support) Accession Number PD.2-1947 (Paintings, Drawings and Prints)

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  • Accession Number: PD.2-1947
  • Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
  • Photographer name: Andrew Norman
  • Image height: 1024 pixels
  • Image width: 770 pixels
  • Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 4.3 (Windows)
  • Filesize: 212.97kB
  • Exposure time: 1/17
  • ISO Speed: 50
  • Captured: 2011:03:30 14:09:32

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