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Onopordon acanthium (Common Cotton Thistle) with insects and a lizard: PD.370-1973

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Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Onopordon acanthium (Common Cotton Thistle) with insects and a lizard

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Bayer, Johann Christoph

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Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1973) by Fairhaven, Henry Rogers Broughton

Note

Previously attributed to Margareta Barbara Dietzsch [1726-1795]

School or Style

German

Materials used in production

Bodycolour
Ground (material)

Components of the work

Support composed of paper
Paper Height 288 mm Width 207 mm

Techniques used in production

Watercolour : Bodycolour on prepared black ground on paper, surrounded by a gold border

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Identification numbers

Accession number: PD.370-1973
Primary reference Number: 22918
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Friday 13 December 2019 Last processed: Tuesday 13 June 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

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