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Paeonia montan
Draughtsman: Redouté, Pierre Joseph
History note: Painted for the Empress Joséphine
Height: 460 mm
Width: 344 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
Support composed of vellum (skin)
Watercolour : Graphite and watercolour on vellum, margins ruled in red and gold ink
Accession number: PD.122-1973.1
Primary reference Number: 31724
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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) "Paeonia montan" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/31724 Accessed: 2023-03-31 17:48:41
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University of Cambridge}}
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<div class="text-center"> <figure class="figure"> <img src="https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/pdp/pdp82/PD_122_1973_1_1_201105_mfj22_dc2.jpg" alt="Paeonia montan" class="img-fluid" /> <figcaption class="figure-caption text-info">Paeonia montan</figcaption> </figure> </div>
Accession Number: PD.122-1973.47
Accession Number: PD.122-1973.23
Accession Number: PD.122-1973.9
Accession Number: CM.6496-2007
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