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Title:
The Hon. William Fitzwilliam
Object name(s):
painting; painting
Collection:
Fitzwilliam Museum
Acquisition date:
1816
Acquisition method:
bequeathed
Acquisition source:
Fitzwilliam, Richard, 7th Viscount
Content - concept:
cane
Content - concept:
fashion
Content - concept:
wig
Content - person:
Fitzwilliam, William, The Hon.
Person's association:
reference
Dimension:
Height
Dimension measurement unit:
cm
Dimension value:
76.2
Dimension:
Weight
Dimension measurement unit:
kg
Dimension value:
9.5
Dimension:
Width
Dimension measurement unit:
cm
Dimension value:
63.5
Inscription content:
The Hon(ble) W(m) Fitzwilliam / AEtat 64. / T. Gainsborough Pinxit (letters in brackets appear as superscript on picture)
Inscription position:
verso
Inscription type:
label
Inscription content:
1775
Inscription position:
verso
Inscription type:
date
Object component name:
Support
Object component information:
canvas
Object name:
painting; painting
Object number:
18
Object production date:
Date - earliest / single:
1775
Date - latest:
1775
Object production person:
Gainsborough, Thomas
Person's association:
painter
Other number:
18
Other number type:
accession number
Other number:
3236
Other number type:
priref
Other number type:
uri
Reproduction format:
jpeg
Reproduction number:
media-8207
Reproduction number:
media-4188304940
Reproduction type:
image
Responsible department/section:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
Style:
British
Technique:
painting (image-making)
Text reason:
Collections online record
User's reference:
A Descriptive Catalogue of the Pictures in the Fitzwilliam Museum
Reference details:
75
Reference note:
reproduced
Reference type:
reference
User's reference:
The Principal Pictures in the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
Reference details:
54
Reference note:
reproduced
Reference type:
reference
User's reference:
The Principal Pictures in the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge (1929)
Reference details:
69
Reference note:
reproduced
Reference type:
reference
User's reference:
Catalogue of Cambridge Portraits I The University Collection
Reference type:
reference
User's reference:
Gainsborough
Reference details:
67
Reference note:
no. 257, pl. 160
Reference type:
reference
User's reference:
Catalogue of Paintings in the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, Vol. III, British School
Reference details:
77-78
Reference note:
pl. 19
Reference type:
reference

Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/9d8cc3f1-0fb4-3aa1-a39b-e2d63119a9d2

Use licence for this record: CC 0

Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/9d8cc3f1-0fb4-3aa1-a39b-e2d63119a9d2, Fitzwilliam Museum, CC 0

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