Watercolour from album of flowers
First watercolour in an album of 64 watercolour drawings, some flowers with insects, some with manuscript Chinese captions. Binding: folio, red half morocco over vellum, lettered gilt ‘Chinese flowers’.
Accepted in lieu of Inheritance tax by HM Government in 2024 and allocated to the Fitzwilliam Museum
Height: 480 mm
Width: 398 mm
Method of acquisition: Allocated (2024) by HM Government
19th Century
1800
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1899
Watercolour : Watercolour on paper
Accession number: PD.27-2024.1
Primary reference Number: 317605
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The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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