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Tomb of Cecilia Metella
Draughtsman: Busiri, Giovanni Battista
History note: General Sir George Cockburn; Shanganagh Library; Spencer George Perceval
Height: 222 mm
Width: 166 mm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1922) by Perceval, Spencer George
Busiri Vici, p. 97, pl. 93. Two gouache drawings of Cecilia Metella's Tomb seen from this viewpoint are in Rome, one in the Busiri Vici collection, the other in a private collection. Other drawings of the tomb are in the Fitzwilliam sketch-book, ff.33 and 47, there are two in the British Museum and one in the Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester. There are also two other gouaches of it in the collection of Sir Brinsley Ford, London.
Support composed of paper
Drawing : Pen and brown ink on paper
Accession number: 3693 f.35
Primary reference Number: 9808
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Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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