Paeonia moutan var. B.: PD.122-1973.23

Awaiting location update

Titles

Paeonia moutan var. B.
Paeonia suffruticosa

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Redouté, Pierre Joseph

Entities

Drawing

Description

Study of seed-head in graphite, numbered. Removed from album and mounted separately.

Notes

History note: Painted for the Empress Joséphine; by descent in the d' Orléans family (?); the 2nd Lord Fairhaven

Measurements and weight

Height: 458 mm
Width: 333 mm

Relative size of this object

What does this represent?

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.

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1973) by Fairhaven, Henry Rogers Broughton

Dating

Production date: AD 1812

School or Style

French

Materials used in production

Watercolour
Graphite
Gum arabic

Components of the work

Support composed of vellum (skin)

Techniques used in production

Watercolour : Watercolour with gum Arabic over traces of graphite on vellum, margins ruled in red and gold ink

Inscription or legends present

Text: 1
Location: By seed head
Method of creation: Gold

Text: P.J. Redoute
Location: Lower left
Method of creation: Ink
Type: Signature

Text: 1812
Location: Lower left, following the above
Method of creation: Ink
Type: Date

Text: 22
Location: Upper right
Method of creation: Gold

Text: Erica Concinna
Location: Below
Method of creation: Gold

References and bibliographic entries

Related exhibitions

Identification numbers

Accession number: PD.122-1973.23
Primary reference Number: 31798
Stable URI

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Friday 9 April 2021

Associated departments & institutions

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

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