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Reference number

SM volume 66/17

Purpose

[8] Record drawing, 1791

Aspect

Plan and internal elevation/section of museum lit by three oval lanterns

Scale

to an unstated scale

Inscribed

(feint pencil) University of Cambridge, Section of Museum 1791

Signed and dated

  • 1791
    1791

Medium and dimensions

Pen, sepia, light red, yellow 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

Notes

This drawing shows the same design as SM 71/3/13 though to a reduced scale and without the embellishments of museum specimens on the shelves.

Level

Drawing

Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation

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