Skip to main content

A wreath of cultivated and wild roses with other flowers: PD.883-1973

An image of Drawing

Terms of use

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 image

Creative commons explained - what it means, how you can use our's and other people's content.

Alternative views

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

A wreath of cultivated and wild roses with other flowers

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Redouté, Pierre Joseph

Entities

Categories

Measurements and weight

Height: 308 mm
Width: 398 mm

Acquisition and important dates

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

School or Style

French

Materials used in production

Watercolour
Bodycolour
Graphite
Gum arabic

Components of the work

Support composed of vellum (skin)

Techniques used in production

Watercolour : Watercolour with gum Arabic and traces of bodycolour over graphite on vellum

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: P.J. Redouté
  • Location: Lower right
  • Method of creation: Graphite
  • Type: Signature

References and bibliographic entries

Related exhibitions

Identification numbers

Accession number: PD.883-1973
Primary reference Number: 24246
Stable URI

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 3 August 2020 Last processed: Tuesday 13 June 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

Citation for print

This record can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:

The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "A wreath of cultivated and wild roses with other flowers" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/24246 Accessed: 2024-03-28 23:18:48

Citation for Wikipedia

To cite this record on Wikipedia you can use this code snippet:

{{cite web|url=https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/24246 |title=A wreath of cultivated and wild roses with other flowers |author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2024-03-28 23:18:48|publisher=The University of Cambridge}}

API call for this record

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-24246

Bootstrap HTML code for reuse

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/pdp78/large_PD_883_1973_1_201209_adn21_dc2.jpg"
        alt="A wreath of cultivated and wild roses with other flowers"
        class="img-fluid" />
        <figcaption class="figure-caption text-info">A wreath of cultivated and wild roses with other flowers</figcaption>
    </figure>
</div>
    

More objects and works of art you might like

Suggested products from Curating Cambridge

You might be interested in this...

Sign up for updates

Updates about future exhibitions and displays, family activities, virtual events & news. You'll be the first to know...