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Text: 3674/21

Object information

Awaiting location update

Titles

Text

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Gilpin, William

Measurements and weight

Height: 205 mm
Width: 285 mm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1922) by Perceval, Spencer George

Dating

1789 - 1794

School or Style

British

Materials used in production

Brown ink
Graphite

Components of the work

Support composed of paper

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: 19
  • Location: Top centre
  • Method of creation: Brown ink
  • Text: nothing, except merely to shew, where figures might be / placed with advantage. If they have no positive(underlined) beau- / ty therefore, they have at least that kind of negative(underlined) / beauty, wh. consists in giving no offence. / The End(underlined)
  • Location: Below the above
  • Method of creation: Brown ink

Identification numbers

Accession number: 3674/21
Primary reference Number: 10726
Stable URI

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 3 August 2020 Last processed: Tuesday 13 June 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

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