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John Cowper, an Edinburgh beggar
Attributed to
Lizars, William Home
(Painter)
History note: Mrs Clarkson Stanfield, who gave it to Charles Hargitt; Hargitt sale by his executors, Branch & Leete, Liverpool, 15-18 March 1881 (544); Mazzini Stuart, Liverpool; sold to Messrs Rayner MacConnal, London; anon. sale (=Rayner MacConnal), Christie's, 2 March 1934 (157), bt. Meatyard; bought from Meatyard's by Lord Clark
Depth: 6.5 cm
Height: 75.9 cm
Width: 62.8 cm
Width: 84.1 cm
Relative size of this object is displayed using code inspired by Good Form and Spectacle's work on the British Museum's Waddeson Bequest website and their dimension drawer. They chose a tennis ball to represent a universally sized object, from which you could envisage the size of an object.
Method of acquisition: Given
(1935)
by
Clark, Kenneth
Previously attributed to David Wilkie [1785-1841]
Support
composed of
canvas
Frame
Height 96.8 cm
Painting (image-making) : Oil on canvas
Accession number: 1756
Primary reference Number: 4026
Stable URI
Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2022)
"John Cowper, an Edinburgh beggar"
Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/4026 Accessed: 2022-05-20 12:47:53
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Accession Number: P.564-1985
Accession Number: P.558-1985
Accession Number: P.560-1985
Accession Number: P.561-1985
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