The low-resolution images published on this Website are made available under a Creative Commons Attribution licence (CC BY-NC-ND). For more details: Fitzwilliam Terms of Use
This licence does not include any images of works that are still in copyright. Artistic copyright extends from the life of the artist to 70 years from the end of the calendar year in which the artist died.
Download this imageFor further information on use of images or to license a high resolution version, please contact our image library who can discuss terms and fees.
Iris foetidissima (Stinking Iris)
Draughtsman: Withoos, Pieter
Height: 242 mm
Width: 192 mm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1973) by Fairhaven, Henry Rogers Broughton
Support composed of vellum (skin)
Watercolour : Watercolour and bodycolour on vellum
Accession number: PD.101-1973.26
Primary reference Number: 30588
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 (2025) "Iris foetidissima (Stinking Iris)" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/30588 Accessed: 2025-12-06 11:32:59
To cite this record on Wikipedia you can use this code snippet:
{{cite web|url=https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/30588
|title=Iris foetidissima (Stinking Iris)
|author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2025-12-06 11:32:59|publisher=The
University of Cambridge}}
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-30588
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/pdp34/PD_101_1973_26.jpg"
alt="Iris foetidissima (Stinking Iris)"
class="img-fluid" />
<figcaption class="figure-caption text-info">Iris foetidissima (Stinking Iris)</figcaption>
</figure>
</div>
Updates about future exhibitions and displays, family activities, virtual events & news. You'll be the first to know...