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Paeonia moutan var. B. Paeonia suffruticosa
Draughtsman: Redouté, Pierre Joseph
Study of seed-head in graphite, numbered. Removed from album and mounted separately.
History note: Painted for the Empress Joséphine; by descent in the d' Orléans family (?); the 2nd Lord Fairhaven
Height: 458 mm
Width: 333 mm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1973) by Fairhaven, Henry Rogers Broughton
Production date: AD 1812
Watercolour
Graphite
Gum arabic
Support composed of vellum (skin)
Watercolour : Watercolour with gum Arabic over traces of graphite on vellum, margins ruled in red and gold ink
Accession number: PD.122-1973.23
Primary reference Number: 31798
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The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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