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Drawing

c 1880 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Scene in Tussaud's waxwork exhibition with a group of spectators including a Chelsea Pensioner looking at the effigy of Napoleon.


Object details

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Object type
Materials and techniques
Pen and Indian ink on paper
Brief description
Drawing by Marcus Stone R.A.: Scene in Tussaud's waxwork exhibition. A group of spectators including a Chelsea Pensioner looking at the effigy of Napoleon.
Physical description
Scene in Tussaud's waxwork exhibition with a group of spectators including a Chelsea Pensioner looking at the effigy of Napoleon.
Dimensions
  • Height: 222mm (Note: Measurement from: Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design, and Department of Paintings, Accessions: 1948, Volume II, Henry Herbert Harrod Bequest, London: His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1957)
  • Width: 301mm (Note: Measurement from: Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design, and Department of Paintings, Accessions: 1948, Volume II, Henry Herbert Harrod Bequest, London: His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1957)
Marks and inscriptions
Signed 'M Stone' (Inscription from: Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design, and Department of Paintings, Accessions: 1948, Volume II, Henry Herbert Harrod Bequest, London: His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1957)
Credit line
Bequeathed by H. H. Harrod.
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design, and Department of Paintings, Accessions: 1948, Volume II, Henry Herbert Harrod Bequest, London: His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1957
Collection
Accession number
E.1418-1948

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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