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Papaver somniferum (Opium poppy)
Draughtsman: Reekers, Hendrik
History note: From the collection of Dr. E.H. Krelage, Haarlem, author of 'Bloemenspeculatie in Nederland', Amsterdam, 1942
Height: 260 mm
Width: 353 mm
Relative size of this object is displayed using code inspired by Good Form and Spectacle's work on the British Museum's Waddeson Bequest website and their dimension drawer. They chose a tennis ball to represent a universally sized object, from which you could envisage the size of an object.
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1973) by Fairhaven, Henry Rogers Broughton
Watercolour
Graphite
Gum arabic
Support composed of paper
Watercolour : Watercolour with traces of gum Arabic over graphite outline, bordered on all sides by a line in gray wash, on paper
Accession number: PD.888-1973
Primary reference Number: 24256
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
This record can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:
The Fitzwilliam Museum (2023) "Papaver somniferum (Opium poppy)" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/24256 Accessed: 2023-05-31 04:42:06
To cite this record on Wikipedia you can use this code snippet:
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University of Cambridge}}
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Accession Number: PD.126-1973.32
Accession Number: PD.109-1973.45
Accession Number: PD.101-1973.42
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