Prunus lusitanica (Portuguese laurel)
Draughtsman: Battie, J.
Height: 174 mm
Width: 250 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
18th century
Production date:
AD 1754
Watercolour
Bodycolour
White bodycolour
Graphite
Support composed of vellum (skin)
Watercolour : Watercolour and bodycolour, highlighted with white over traces of graphite on vellum
Accession number: PD.102-1973.6
Primary reference Number: 30639
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2023) "Prunus lusitanica (Portuguese laurel)" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/30639 Accessed: 2023-06-05 08:38:57
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University of Cambridge}}
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