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Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Thomas Gray

Maker(s)

Painter: Pond, Arthur (Attributed to)

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Notes

History note: Thomas Gray; bequeathed, 1771, to his cousin May Antobus, who married Thomas Robinson of Cambridge, 1786; passed to her younger sister, Dorothy Comyns (or Comings) of Cambridge (d. 1807); bequeathed to her son, Richard Comyns (or Comings), of Cambridge (d. 1838); bequeathed to his brother-in-law, Henry Hazard, of Cambridge; placed on loan to Pembroke College, Cambridge 1970

Measurements and weight

Height: 126.3 cm
Width: 101.3 cm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1858) by Hazard, Henry

Dating

Production date: probably AD 1731

School or Style

British

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

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: LOCK (two of them)
  • Location: Middle, left, book
  • Text: TEMPLE
  • Location: Middle, left, book
  • Text: R. Roe, 14 King's Parade, Cambridge
  • Location: Verso, stretcher
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Label
  • Text: Fitz Cat. No 31
  • Location: Verso
  • Method of creation: Chalk

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Identification numbers

Accession number: 8
Primary reference Number: 3769
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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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