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The Barber and Others Purging Don Quixote's Library

Oil Painting
ca. 1816 (painted)
Artist/Maker

Oil painting, 'The Barber and Others Purging Don Quixote's Library', John Massey Wright, ca. 1816


Object details

Category
Object type
TitleThe Barber and Others Purging Don Quixote's Library
Materials and techniques
Oil on canvas
Brief description
Oil painting, 'The Barber and Others Purging Don Quixote's Library', John Massey Wright, ca. 1816
Dimensions
  • Estimate height: 30.5cm
  • Estimate width: 25.4cm
Dimensions taken from Catalogue of British Oil Paintings 1820-1860, Ronald Parkinson, Victoria and Albert Museum, London: HMSO, 1990
Style
Credit line
Bequeathed by Henry Spencer Ashbee
Object history
Bequeathed by Henry Spencer Ashbee, 1900
Literary referenceCervantes, <i>Don Quixote</i>
Bibliographic reference
Catalogue of British Oil Paintings 1820-1860, Ronald Parkinson, Victoria and Albert Museum, London: HMSO, 1990, p. 306
Collection
Accession number
1852-1900

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Record createdApril 4, 2007
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