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The Mail Guard: PD.21-2000

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Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

The Mail Guard

Maker(s)

Painter: Agasse, Jacques Laurent

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Notes

History note: Lientenant-Colonel W.P. Shuttleworth, Milford, Surrey; Marshall Spink, 1973

Measurements and weight

Height: 35.6 cm
Width: 30.5 cm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (2000) by Executors of Sir Paul Mellon's Estate

Dating

Production date: ? AD 1818

Note

Painted when Agasse was in London

School or Style

Swiss

People, subjects and objects depicted

Materials used in production

Oil paint

Components of the work

Support composed of canvas

Techniques used in production

Painting (image-making) : Oil on canvas

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Identification numbers

Accession number: PD.21-2000
Primary reference Number: 18348
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 18 December 2023 Last processed: Monday 18 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

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