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A Merganser duck
Merian, Maria Sibylla
(Draughtsman)
Height: 227 mm
Width: 323 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
Watercolour
Whitening
Graphite
Gum arabic
Support composed of vellum (skin)
Watercolour : Graphite, watercolour, gum arabic, highlighted with white on vellum
Accession number: PD.468-1963
Primary reference Number: 4828
Stable URI
Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints
This record can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:
The Fitzwilliam Museum (2022)
"A Merganser duck"
Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/4828 Accessed: 2022-05-22 12:01:25
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Accession Number: C.17A-1962
Accession Number: OC.71.1 & A-1938
Accession Number: OC.71.2 & A-1938
Accession Number: E.25.1955
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