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Two butterflies, one moth, one dragon-fly and a beetle
Height: 211 mm
Width: 272 mm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1973) by Fairhaven, Henry Rogers Broughton
19th Century
Production date:
AD 1829
: Watermark: J. WHATMAN / 1829
Chinese
Chinese export art
Chinese export watercolour
Watercolour
Bodycolour
White bodycolour
Graphite
Support composed of paper
Watercolour : Watercolour, bodycolour and some white over traces of graphite on white paper, tipped in on buff-coloured album page
Accession number: PD.134-1973.22
Primary reference Number: 32757
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Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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