Flowers, butterflies and insects: 4172

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Current Location: In storage

Titles

Flowers, butterflies and insects

Maker(s)

Entities

Album

Categories

Album

Description

Folios bound in soft-back covers, with silk brocade and ties

Album containing 12 watercolours on pith paper

Measurements and weight

Height: 250 mm
Width: 337 mm

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Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1909) by Bothamley, Rev. H.

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Export album made for the Western market

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Components of the work

Support composed of paper silk

Inscription or legends present

Text: Youqua Painter old Street No.34
Location: U.l. verso of first blank page (not paginated)
Method of creation: Red ink
Type: Stamp

Identification numbers

Accession number: 4172
Primary reference Number: 185538
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Audit data

Created: Monday 26 September 2011 Updated: Monday 25 July 2022

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

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            The Fitzwilliam Museum (2023) "Flowers, butterflies and insects" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/185538 Accessed: 2023-06-03 01:55:12

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            |author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2023-06-03 01:55:12|publisher=The
            University of Cambridge}}

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