Chrysanthemum and Butterflies
Height: 379 mm
Width: 459 mm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1973) by Fairhaven, Henry Rogers Broughton
19th Century
Production date:
in or after
AD 1825
: Watermark: J. Whatman 1825
Chinese
Chinese export art
Chinese export watercolour
Watercolour
Bodycolour
White bodycolour
Graphite
Support composed of paper
Watercolour : Watercolour and bodycolour, heightened with white over traces of graphite on paper
Accession number: PD.131-1973.10
Primary reference Number: 32407
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Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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