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

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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

Key words

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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rgb(234,225,206), rgb(75,69,67), rgb(159,152,124), rgb(137,124,80), rgb(104,122,141), rgb(197,189,163), rgb(165,171,170), rgb(149,149,158), rgb(189,185,184), rgb(194,198,190), rgb(57,98,168)

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