Skip to main content

Nurse watching a group of children in a boat drifted out to sea: B.V.84

An image of Drawing

Terms of use

These images are provided for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons License (BY-NC-ND). To license a high resolution version, please contact our image library who will discuss fees, terms and waivers.

Download this image

Creative commons explained - what it means, how you can use our's and other people's content.

Object information

Awaiting location update

Titles

Nurse watching a group of children in a boat drifted out to sea

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Romney, George

Entities

Categories

Measurements and weight

Height: 385 mm
Width: 567 mm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1818-09) by Romney, John

Dating

Production date: ? AD 1784

School or Style

British

Materials used in production

Brown ink
Brown wash
Grey watercolour wash
Graphite
Black chalk

Components of the work

Support composed of paper

Techniques used in production

Drawing : Pen with brown ink, grey watercolour wash and brown wash over graphite, erased, with black chalk on paper

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: No. 17
  • Location: Verso
  • Method of creation: Ink

Identification numbers

Accession number: B.V.84
Primary reference Number: 15932
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

This record can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:

The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Nurse watching a group of children in a boat drifted out to sea" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/15932 Accessed: 2024-11-22 05:34:58

Citation for Wikipedia

To cite this record on Wikipedia you can use this code snippet:

{{cite web|url=https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/15932 |title=Nurse watching a group of children in a boat drifted out to sea |author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2024-11-22 05:34:58|publisher=The University of Cambridge}}

API call for this record

To call these data via our API (remember this needs to be authenticated) you can use this code snippet:

https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/api/v1/objects/object-15932

Bootstrap HTML code for reuse

To use this as a simple code embed, copy this string:

<div class="text-center">
    <figure class="figure">
        <img src="https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/pdp/pdp70/BV_84_001_201412_kly25_mas.jpg"
        alt="Nurse watching a group of children in a boat drifted out to sea"
        class="img-fluid" />
        <figcaption class="figure-caption text-info">Nurse watching a group of children in a boat drifted out to sea</figcaption>
    </figure>
</div>
    

Sign up for updates

Updates about future exhibitions and displays, family activities, virtual events & news. You'll be the first to know...