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The lovers' opportunity: 2168

Object information

Awaiting location update

Titles

The lovers' opportunity

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Rowlandson, Thomas

Entities

Categories

Notes

History note: Ricketts and Shannon Collection

Legal notes

The Ricketts and Shannon Collection. Bequeathed by Charles Shannon, 1937

Measurements and weight

Height: 194 mm
Width: 375 mm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1937) by Shannon, Charles Haslewood

School or Style

British

Materials used in production

Graphite
Watercolour
Vermilion ink
Ink

Components of the work

Support composed of paper

Techniques used in production

Watercolour : Pen and ink and vermilion ink and watercolour over traces of graphite on paper
Pen and ink

References and bibliographic entries

Related exhibitions

Identification numbers

Accession number: 2168
Primary reference Number: 19141
Stable URI

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 7 June 2022 Last processed: Tuesday 13 June 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

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