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  • image SM volume 66/18

Reference number

SM volume 66/18

Purpose

[9] Record drawing, 1791

Aspect

Perspectival cross sections through museum and through picture gallery

Scale

to an unstated scale

Inscribed

(feint pencil) University of Cambridge / View of the Picture Gallery / and Museum 1791

Signed and dated

  • 1791
    1791

Medium and dimensions

Pen, sepia and blue washes, shaded on laid paper (492 x 701) with one fold mark

Hand

Thomas Chawner (1774-1851, pupil 1788-1794)

Watermark

Edmeades & Pine 1791 and fleur-de-lis within crowned cartouche with GR and 1791 below

Level

Drawing

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