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1961

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Picture, Port Cowes Castle

This is a Picture. It is dated 1820–1830 and we acquired it in 1961. Its medium is brush and gouache on sand, glued to paper, mounted. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Hamill & Barker. It is credited Gift of Hamill and Barker.

Its dimensions are

11.3 × 15.5 cm (4 7/16 × 6 1/8 in.)

It is inscribed

Inscribed below, in ink: "Drawn with Alum May sand -- Port Cowes castle / I. W."

Cite this object as

Picture, Port Cowes Castle; England & Germany; brush and gouache on sand, glued to paper, mounted; 11.3 × 15.5 cm (4 7/16 × 6 1/8 in.); Gift of Hamill and Barker; 1961-105-31

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