A bunch of flowers, with an imaginary butterfly, by Redoute

An image of A bunch of flowers including roses, Parrot tulips, forget-me-not, snowflakes, auricula and ipomoea with an imaginary butterfly. Redouté, Pierre Joseph (Flemish, 1759-1840). Graphite and watercolour with gum Arabic and bodycolour over graphite on vellum, height 482 mm, width 375 mm. Acquisition: bequeathed 1973 by Henry Rogers Broughton Fairhaven.

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A bunch of flowers including roses, Parrot tulips, forget-me-not, snowflakes, auricula and ipomoea with an imaginary butterfly. Redouté, Pierre Joseph (Flemish, 1759-1840). Graphite and watercolour with gum Arabic and bodycolour over graphite on vellum, height 482 mm, width 375 mm. Acquisition: bequeathed 1973 by Henry Rogers Broughton Fairhaven.

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Accession Number: PD.881-1973
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/22.0
Focal length: 50
Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
Photographer name: Andrew Norman
Image height: 1025 pixels
Image width: 791 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop CS6 (Windows)
Filesize: 187.02kB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 22/1
Captured: 2018:05:08 16:05:31

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19th Century auriculas botanical bunch butterflies butterfly Convolvulaceae Convolvulus Fitz_PDP Flemish floral flowers forget me not forget-me-not Galanthus Ipomoea Morning Glory Pierre Joseph Redoute pink roses Primula auricula Primulaceae primulas Redoute rosebud roses snowdrops spray tulips vellum watercolour

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