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Blank leaf: 3688.1

Object information

Awaiting location update

Titles

Blank leaf

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Romney, George

Categories

Description

Blank leaf

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bought (1906) by James Tregaskis

Dating

18th Century
Production date: 08 AD 1792

School or Style

British

Components of the work

Page Size Height 156 mm Width 197 mm

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: 8 gns (?)
  • Location: Upper left
  • Method of creation: Graphite
  • Text: Dear Sir / Thanks for your letter / re the Romney sketchbook. / Surely £6.15.0 is not a high price for 15 pencil + two sepia studies. / I should like the Fitzwilliam to / possess the (?) I will support // £5.10.0, or if you insist will say £5, but at that price / the profit has reached (?) / (?). / I am Dear Sir / Yours faithfully / James Tregaskis / H.A. Chapman Er.
  • Location: Attached to page
  • Method of creation: Black ink MS note on headed notepaper

Identification numbers

Accession number: 3688.1
Primary reference Number: 16271
Stable URI

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 31 May 2022 Last processed: Friday 8 December 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) "Blank leaf" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/16271 Accessed: 2024-11-15 07:54:39

Citation for Wikipedia

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{{cite web|url=https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/16271 |title=Blank leaf |author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2024-11-15 07:54:39|publisher=The University of Cambridge}}

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