Botanical Drawings: PD.109-1973

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Botanical Drawings

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Robert, Nicolas (Attributed to)

Entities

Album

Categories

Description

Album containing 62 botanical drawings on vellum tipped in on the gilt-edged pages of the album which bear the watermark of an 18th century French paper-maker, Malmenayde of Thiers (active from 1731). Bound in red morocco with clasps, the spine tooled in gilt. The Pages are interleaved with thin protective paper. Ruled lines of red and gold border the drawings on all sides.

Acquisition and important dates

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

School or Style

Inscription or legends present

Text: MIGNA-TURES
Location: Spine
Method of creation: Embossed gilt

Related exhibitions

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

Identification numbers

Accession number: PD.109-1973
Primary reference Number: 31274
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 6 February 2024

Associated departments & institutions

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

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