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Drawing

1793 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

A woman stopping a blind beggar, with a staff and a dog on a lead, to him a coin.


Object details

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Object type
Materials and techniques
Pen and ink, with some preliminary pencil
Brief description
Drawing showing a woman giving a coin to a blind beggar by Thomas Masselli, 1793.
Physical description
A woman stopping a blind beggar, with a staff and a dog on a lead, to him a coin.
Dimensions
  • Height: 19.4cm
  • Width: 14.3cm
Dimensions taken from Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1962. London: HMSO, 1964.
Marks and inscriptions
'Thomas Masselli inv. a Paris 1793.' (Signed and dated)
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1962. London: HMSO, 1964.
Collection
Accession number
E.2594-1962

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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