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Cordelia at the bedside of Lear: PD.62-2003

Object information

Awaiting location update

Titles

Cordelia at the bedside of Lear

Maker(s)

Brown, Ford Madox

Entities

Categories

Notes

History note: Colonel Gillum, to whom presented by Madox Brown sometime after 1856 ; Thomas Brocklebank, Christie's 8 July 1938; bt. Birnbaum (16 gns); Mrs Ernestine Mills; Sotheby's 7 November 1956, lot 28 ('Various properties'); bt. Thomas Agnew and Sons, from whom purchased, 1956

Measurements and weight

Height: 215 mm
Width: 274 mm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (2003) by Batchelor, Ivor, Sir and Lady

Dating

Production date: circa AD 1848

Materials used in production

arched at top Paper
Graphite
Black chalk
Red chalk
Gouache

Techniques used in production

Drawing

References and bibliographic entries

Related exhibitions

Identification numbers

Accession number: PD.62-2003
Primary reference Number: 98090
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Wednesday 7 October 2020 Last processed: Tuesday 13 June 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

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