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Album of watercolours: Fruits: PD.16-2024

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Album of watercolours: Fruits

Maker(s)

Chinese School

Entities

Categories

Description

36 watercolour drawings including mango, orange, nutmeg, guava and grapefruit, three folding, many captioned in pencil, some captioned in ink in Chinese. Binding: 4to, nineteenth-century green morocco backed cloth, lettered ‘Fruits’ to spine.

Legal notes

Accepted in lieu of Inheritance tax by HM Government in 2024 and allocated to the Fitzwilliam Museum

Measurements and weight

Height: 358 mm
Width: 286 mm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Allocated (2024) by HM Government

Dating

19th Century
1800 - 1899

School or Style

Chinese

Techniques used in production

Watercolour : Watercolour on paper

Identification numbers

Accession number: PD.16-2024
Primary reference Number: 317317
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Audit data

Created: Thursday 11 April 2024 Updated: Tuesday 21 January 2025 Last processed: Saturday 22 March 2025

Associated departments & institutions

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

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