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Thistle with butterflies and bumble bees: PD.733-1973

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Thistle with butterflies and bumble bees

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Lang, Ernst Friedrich Carl

Entities

Categories

Acquisition and important dates

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

School or Style

German

Materials used in production

Bodycolour
Ground (material)

Components of the work

Support composed of paper
Paper Height 285 mm Width 208 mm

Techniques used in production

Watercolour : Bodycolour on prepared black ground on paper

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: Carduus Marianus
  • Location: Lower left
  • Text: or Milk Thistle
  • Location: Lower right

Identification numbers

Accession number: PD.733-1973
Primary reference Number: 23784

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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