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Paolo and Francesca
Ricketts, Charles de Sousy
(Sculptor)
Bronze, cast.
History note: Charles and Lavinia Handley Read (both died 1971); purchased from Mr Thomas Stainton, the executor of the Handley-Read Estate
Bought with the Perceval Fund, and with grant-in-aid from the Victoria and Albert Museum.
Height: 32.0 cm
Length: 53.0 cm
Relative size of this object is displayed using code inspired by Good Form and Spectacle's work on the British Museum's Waddeson Bequest website and their dimension drawer. They chose a tennis ball to represent a universally sized object, from which you could envisage the size of an object.
Method of acquisition: Bought
(1972)
by
Handley-Read Estate
Edward VII
Early 20th century
Production date:
AD 1909
Sculpture
Depth 26.3 cm
Height 32.3 cm
Width 55.1 cm
Accession number: M.18-1972
Primary reference Number: 13386
External ID: CAM_CCF_M_18_1972
Stable URI
Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2022)
"Paolo and Francesca"
Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/13386 Accessed: 2022-07-06 13:31:45
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Accession Number: P.810-R
Accession Number: P.92-2005 (1)
Accession Number: P.57-1957
Accession Number: 557
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