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View of St. Gottard: 1054.f.29

Object information

Awaiting location update

Titles

View of St. Gottard

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Lewis, John Frederick

Entities

Categories

Notes

History note: Lord Northwick, 1920; E.G. Spencer-Churchill, 1912

Measurements and weight

Height: 106 mm
Width: 142 mm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1921) by The Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum

Dating

Production date: AD 1826-09-07

School or Style

British

Materials used in production

White chalk
Graphite

Components of the work

Support composed of paper ( off-white; grey smudge lower left)
Folio Size Height 241 mm Width 215 mm

Techniques used in production

Drawing (image-making) : Graphite, heightened with white chalk on off-white paper

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: Sep 7 - / 1826
  • Location: Lower centre
  • Method of creation: Graphite
  • Type: Date
  • Text: Summit of St. Gottard - / Remains of the Capucins 51 (St. Gottard is in Uri Canton, central Switzerland)
  • Location: Lower right
  • Method of creation: Graphite

Identification numbers

Accession number: 1054.f.29
Primary reference Number: 11872
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

Citation for print

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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "View of St. Gottard" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/11872 Accessed: 2024-11-22 02:23:19

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{{cite web|url=https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/11872 |title=View of St. Gottard |author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2024-11-22 02:23:19|publisher=The University of Cambridge}}

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