IDENTIFIERS
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id:	32395
accession number:	PD.132-1973.11

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 yellow hibiscus and chestnut rose. The composition shows a large yellow hibiscus bloom with five rounded petals and a prominent dark red center, accompanied by oval green leaves and small yellow buds on branching stems. On the right, climbing chestnut rose displays small pink double flowers with characteristic compound leaves and thorny stems, along with small red rose hips. The painting demonstrates the fine brushwork characteristic of Chinese export art from the late 18th or early 19th century, combining 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/32395


SUBJECTS
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plant
plant



TECHNIQUES
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watercolour highlighted with white 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: 299

dimension: Width
units: mm
value: 375