A vase of roses, peony, lilac, tulip... on a marble slab, by Anne Vallayer-Coster

An image of Miniature painting. A marble vase of roses, peony, lilac, tulip, crown imperial lily, delphinium, and trailing creeper on a marble slab, with a bird's nest containing eggs. Vallayer-Coster, Anne (French, 1744-1818). Watercolour, gouache on card, height, centre measurements, 141 mm, width, centre measurements, 112 mm. Acquisition: bequeathed 1973 by Henry Rogers Broughton Fairhaven.

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Miniature painting. A marble vase of roses, peony, lilac, tulip, crown imperial lily, delphinium, and trailing creeper on a marble slab, with a bird's nest containing eggs. Vallayer-Coster, Anne (French, 1744-1818). Watercolour, gouache on card, height, centre measurements, 141 mm, width, centre measurements, 112 mm. Acquisition: bequeathed 1973 by Henry Rogers Broughton Fairhaven.

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Accession Number: PD.1092-1973
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/19.0
Focal length: 120
Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
Photographer name: Katie Young
Image height: 1025 pixels
Image width: 842 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
Filesize: 0.97MB
Exposure time: 1/90
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 19/1

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18th Century 19th Century _WF_Fairhaven Anne Vallayer-Coster birds birds eggs birds-nest botanical card cardboard creeper Delphinium eggs Fitz_PDP floral flower arrangement flowers French gouache larkspur Lilacs lilies Lilium lily marble slab miniature nest oval Paeoniaceae paeony painting peonies peony pink roses Ranunculaceae roses slab Syringa trailing creeper tulips Vallayer-Coster vase of flowers vases watercolour

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