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Selenicereus grandiflorus (Queen-of-the-Night or Night-Flowering Cereus)
Draughtsman: Knip, Henriette Geertruida
Height: 498 mm
Width: 360 mm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1973) by Fairhaven, Henry Rogers Broughton
Watercolour
Bodycolour
Graphite
Support composed of cartridge paper
Watercolour : Watercolour and bodycolour over graphite surrounded by a graphite line, on cartridge paper
Accession number: PD.729-1973
Primary reference Number: 23766
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Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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