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The Misses Compart
Draughtsman: Downman, John
History note: The artist; bequeathed to his only daughter, Mrs Isabella Cloe Benjamin; acquired by the Hon. George Neville, later Neville Granville, Dean of Windsor, c. 1825; by descent to Mrs Maitland; Lady Longmore; 2nd Series bt. from Lady Longmore in 1936 for the Museum by two anonymous Friends of the Fitzwilliam and by the N.A.C.F.
Height: 230 mm
Width: 183 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 (1936-10) by Anonymous
Production date: AD 1779 : Date stated in catalogue of Downman exhibition, 1996.
Support composed of prepared paper
Drawing (image-making) : Black and red chalk with stump, some lines incised with a stylus, on paper, attached to mount sheet
Accession number: 1843
Primary reference Number: 15057
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 (2023) "The Misses Compart" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/15057 Accessed: 2023-02-09 05:11:43
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Accession Number: 1857
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