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Capriccio - classical ruin in landscape
Draughtsman: Clérisseau, Charles Louis
Height: 238 mm
Width: 355 mm
Method of acquisition: Given (1821) by Whittaker, J. W.
Black wash
Black chalk
Watercolour
Ink
Gouache
Support composed of paper ( mounted)
Watercolour
: Watercolour, gouache, pen and ink, with traces of black chalk underdrawing, on paper, with black wash border, mounted on back of engraving of arch
Pen and ink
Accession number: 3642
Primary reference Number: 6203
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Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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