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Worstead: Chapel of S. John Baptist: 1729*5

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Worstead: Chapel of S. John Baptist

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Wardle, George Young

Entities

Categories

Notes

History note: Philip Webb

Measurements and weight

Height: 150 mm
Width: 246 mm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1934-12) by Walker, Dorothy

School or Style

British

Materials used in production

Watercolour
Graphite
Ink

Components of the work

Support composed of tracing paper ( laid down)

Techniques used in production

Watercolour : Watercolour and ink with graphite on brown tracing paper, laid down on thin card

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: Worstead - Chapel of S. John Baptist. a picture of the beheading formerly in the fram. / The quat(?)foils under it collected from other parts - + put there / for safety.
  • Location: Mount, above
  • Method of creation: Graphite
  • Text: this caretto (?) is / modern
  • Location: From right of drawing onto mount
  • Method of creation: Graphite
  • Text: sill of frame
  • Location: From right of drawing onto mount, below the above
  • Method of creation: Graphite
  • Text: The painting of the frame seems modern - sometime back - a considerable sum was spent in repainting the old / north = screen + c + this seems to have had its share of the luck - "Something being done exactly as it was before" -
  • Location: Mount, below
  • Method of creation: Graphite

Identification numbers

Accession number: 1729*5
Primary reference Number: 22229
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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

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