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

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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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