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Acacia linifolia
Draughtsman: Redouté, Pierre Joseph
Detail studies in graphite, of enlargements of flower and seed head, numbered. Removed from album and mounted separately.
History note: Painted for the Empress Joséphine
Height: 468 mm
Width: 296 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
Production date: AD 1813
Watercolour
Bodycolour
Graphite
Support composed of vellum (skin)
Watercolour : Watercolour and bodycolour over traces of graphite on vellum, margins ruled in red and gold ink
Accession number: PD.122-1973.19
Primary reference Number: 31789
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2023) "Acacia linifolia" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/31789 Accessed: 2023-01-31 18:28:07
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