Tulips: PD.839-1973

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Tulips

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Nigg, Joseph

Entities

Drawing

Categories

Drawing

Measurements and weight

Height: 340 mm
Width: 230 mm

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Acquisition and important dates

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

School or Style

Materials used in production

Watercolour
Bodycolour
Ground (material)

Components of the work

Support composed of paper

Techniques used in production

Watercolour : Watercolour and bodycolour on prepared dark ground on paper

Inscription or legends present

Text: J. Nigg
Location: Lower right
Method of creation: Brush
Type: Signature

Related exhibitions

Gardener's Pride: a third selection of drawings from the Broughton Collection

Identification numbers

Accession number: PD.839-1973
Primary reference Number: 24098
Stable URI

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 (2023) "Tulips" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/24098 Accessed: 2023-06-06 07:21:30

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            |author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2023-06-06 07:21:30|publisher=The
            University of Cambridge}}

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