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Taraxacum officinale: PD.380-1973

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Current Location: In storage

Titles

Taraxacum officinale

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Dietzsch, Margaretha Barbara

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Notes

History note: Purchased by the donor, May 1942 from Levine and Mosley

Acquisition and important dates

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

School or Style

German

Materials used in production

Watercolour
Bodycolour
Gum arabic
Ground (material)

Components of the work

Support composed of vellum (skin)
Vellum Height 280 mm Width 198 mm

Techniques used in production

Watercolour : Watercolour, bodycolour and gum Arabic on prepared light brown ground on vellum

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Identification numbers

Accession number: PD.380-1973
Primary reference Number: 23274
Broughton: 1525

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Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Thursday 17 July 2025

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

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