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A view of Vlaardingen with shipping in the foreground
Backhuysen, Ludolf
(Draughtsman)
History note: Anonymous collector (Lugt 1481b.); anonymous collector (mark verso; not in Lugt.); Sir Bruce Ingram (Lugt 1405a)
Height: 130 mm
Width: 226 mm
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: Bequeathed
(1963)
by
Ingram, Bruce Stirling, Sir
Grey wash
Brown ink
Brown wash
Support composed of paper
Drawing : Pen, brown ink and grey wash, with a thin line of brown wash bordering it on all sides, on paper
Accession number: PD.90-1963
Primary reference Number: 4196
Lugt: 1481b
Lugt: 1405a
Stable URI
Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2022)
"A view of Vlaardingen with shipping in the foreground"
Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/4196 Accessed: 2022-08-12 13:58:49
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Accession Number: PD.91-1963
Accession Number: PD.638-1963
Accession Number: P.118-2002
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