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Landscape Composition
Draughtsman: Constable, John
History note: Theobald Sale, Christie's, 25-30 April 1910, probably part of lot 1097 (with Nos. 3312a and 3314b); bt. John Charrington
Height: 106 mm
Width: 142 mm
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: Given (1910-05) by Charrington, John
Circa 1833 - 1836
Grey wash
Watercolour
Graphite
Indian ink
Support composed of paper
Watercolour : Indian ink, watercolour, graphite and grey wash, highlights made by scraping surface, on paper
Inscription present: in Lucas's hand
Accession number: 3311
Primary reference Number: 14966
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
This record can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:
The Fitzwilliam Museum (2022) "Landscape Composition" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/14966 Accessed: 2022-10-05 18:32:15
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|author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2022-10-05 18:32:15|publisher=The
University of Cambridge}}
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Accession Number: 3693 f.17
Accession Number: 904*3 f.36
Accession Number: PD.974-1963
Accession Number: PD.481-1963
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