These images are provided for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons License (BY-NC-ND). To license a high resolution version, please contact our image library who will discuss fees, terms and waivers.
Download this imageCreative commons explained - what it means, how you can use our's and other people's content.
Paphiopedilum insigne (Lady Slipper)
Draughtsman: Durham, Cornelius B.
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
This record can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:
The Fitzwilliam Museum (2023) "Paphiopedilum insigne (Lady Slipper)" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/23331 Accessed: 2023-01-31 21:34:45
To cite this record on Wikipedia you can use this code snippet:
{{cite web|url=https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/23331
|title=Paphiopedilum insigne (Lady Slipper)
|author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2023-01-31 21:34:45|publisher=The
University of Cambridge}}
To call these data via our API (remember this needs to be authenticated) you can use this code snippet:
https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/api/v1/objects/object-23331
To use this as a simple code embed, copy this string:
<div class="text-center">
<figure class="figure">
<img src="https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/pdp/pdp13/PD_412_1973.jpg"
alt="Paphiopedilum insigne (Lady Slipper)"
class="img-fluid" />
<figcaption class="figure-caption text-info">Paphiopedilum insigne (Lady Slipper)</figcaption>
</figure>
</div>
Accession Number: PD.205-1973
Accession Number: CM.14-1976
Accession Number: P.2087-R
Accession Number: PD.128-1973.f.14
Updates about future exhibitions and displays, family activities, virtual events & news. You'll be the first to know...
