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Paphiopedilum insigne (Lady Slipper)
Durham, Cornelius B.
(Draughtsman)
History note: J. Day; Jeremiah Colman; the 2nd Lord Fairhaven
Height: 520 mm
Width: 382 mm
Relative size of this object is displayed using code inspired by Good Form and Spectacle's work on the British Museum's Waddeson Bequest website and their dimension drawer. They chose a tennis ball to represent a universally sized object, from which you could envisage the size of an object.
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed
(1973)
by
Fairhaven, Henry Rogers Broughton
Production date: AD 1863-02
Support composed of paper
Watercolour : Watercolour and bodycolour on paper
Accession number: PD.412-1973
Primary reference Number: 23331
Stable URI
Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2022)
"Paphiopedilum insigne (Lady Slipper)"
Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/23331 Accessed: 2022-08-20 06:50:04
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Accession Number: PD.205-1973
Accession Number: CM.14-1976
Accession Number: P.2087-R
Accession Number: PD.125-1973.3
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