IDENTIFIERS
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id:	32387
accession number:	PD.132-1973.3

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Saturday 6 August 2011
updated:	Thursday 28 August 2025

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: A watercolour drawing from the album PD.132-1973. This is a Chinese export watercolour depicting a flowering rose branch. It shows a blooming pink rose with many layered petals. The petals transition from darker pink to lighter tones to give a dimensional quality. There are several thorny stems branching off at different points. The plant displays the characteristic compound leaves of roses; some leaves show brown edges. On the right side are two rose buds with spiky, reddish sepals. The painting demonstrates the fine brushwork characteristic of Chinese export art from the late 18th or early 19th century, combing traditional Chinese flower-and-bird painting style and Western botanical illustration.
title:	drawing

LICENSING
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text license status:	CC0
image license status:	CC-BY-NC-SA

OWNERSHIP
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instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum
department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints
collection:	Broughton Collection

STABLE URL
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url:	https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/32387


SUBJECTS
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plant
plant



TECHNIQUES
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watercolour heightened with white, over traces of graphite , on thin paper, tipped in on the cream coloured album sheet
watercolour

CATEGORIES
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category: drawing

DATING
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culture:	19th Century

CREATORS
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maker: Canton workshop

DIMENSIONS
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dimension: Height
units: mm
value: 374

dimension: Width
units: mm
value: 300