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Folkestone.Ford Road and the Ropewalk
Draughtsman: Constable, John
History note: No trace in early sales
Height: 127 mm
Width: 210 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 (1917) by Tite, Constance
Production date: AD 1833-10 : Watermark: J. WHATM. 1828
Black ink
Watercolour
Graphite
Sepia
Support composed of paper
Watercolour : Watercolour and graphite and traces of sepia and black ink on paper
Inscription present: ? later hand
Inscription present: ? later hand
Inscription present: ? later hand
Inscription present: ? later hand
Accession number: 834
Primary reference Number: 14968
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2023) "Folkestone.Ford Road and the Ropewalk" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/14968 Accessed: 2023-02-01 20:13:02
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Accession Number: CM.821-1989
Accession Number: 3323
Accession Number: CM.QC.1863-R
Accession Number: CM.QC.1861-R
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