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Grasses and flowers with a butterfly: PD.417-1973

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Grasses and flowers with a butterfly

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Dussurgey

Entities

Categories

Acquisition and important dates

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

Dating

Production date: ? AD 1860 : Date from incription

School or Style

French

Materials used in production

Watercolour
Bodycolour

Components of the work

Support composed of paper
Paper Height 309 mm Width 231 mm

Techniques used in production

Watercolour : Watercolour and bodycolour on paper

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: Dussurgey
  • Location: Lower right
  • Type: Signature
  • Text: 1860 (?)
  • Location: Lower right, below the above
  • Type: Date

Identification numbers

Accession number: PD.417-1973
Primary reference Number: 23336

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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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Grasses and flowers with a butterfly" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/23336 Accessed: 2024-05-03 16:30:49

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{{cite web|url=https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/23336 |title=Grasses and flowers with a butterfly |author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2024-05-03 16:30:49|publisher=The University of Cambridge}}

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