Taraxacum officinale (Dandelion) with insects and a frog: PD.371-1973

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Current Location: In storage

Titles

Taraxacum officinale (Dandelion) with insects and a frog

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Bayer, Johann Christoph

Entities

Drawing

Categories

Drawing

Measurements and weight

Height: 288 mm
Width: 209 mm

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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

Materials used in production

Bodycolour
Ground (material)

Components of the work

Support composed of paper

Techniques used in production

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

References and bibliographic entries

Flowers of Three Centuries; One Hundred Drawings & Watercolours from the Broughton Collection page(s): 20

Related exhibitions

Flowers of three Centuries: One Hundred Drawings and Watercolours from The Broughton Collection

Identification numbers

Accession number: PD.371-1973
Primary reference Number: 22919
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Friday 13 December 2019

Associated departments & institutions

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

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