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The Chimney-piece: PD.15-1953

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Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

The Chimney-piece

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Fuseli, Johann Heinrich

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Notes

History note: Sir Herbert Horne; bt. Sir Edward Howard Marsh, in 1904

Legal notes

Bequeathed by Sir Edward Howard Marsh through the National Art-Collections Fund, 1953

Measurements and weight

Height: 435 mm
Width: 270 mm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1953) by Marsh, Edward Howard

School or Style

British

Materials used in production

Grey wash
Watercolour
Brown wash
Whitening
Graphite
Iron gall ink

Components of the work

Support composed of paper ( backed with wove paper)

Techniques used in production

Watercolour : Graphite, pen and iron gall ink, grey and brown wash and watercolour with white highlights on chain paper, backed with wove paper

Identification numbers

Accession number: PD.15-1953
Primary reference Number: 10680
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Wednesday 19 July 2023 Last processed: Wednesday 19 July 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

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