Inscription surrounded by floral border: Rhododendron ferrugineum L.: PD.11-1980.f.2

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Titles

Inscription surrounded by floral border: Rhododendron ferrugineum L.

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Bicknell, Clarence

Entities

Drawing

Categories

Drawing

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1980) by Bicknell, Peter

Dating

Production date: AD 1914

School or Style

Materials used in production

Watercolour
Graphite

Components of the work

Support composed of paper
Leaf Height 278 mm Width 190 mm

Techniques used in production

Handwriting : Watercolour and graphite on paper
Watercolour

Inscription or legends present

Text: Some years after the / celebrated summer when / a Coronation festival was held in Val Cas- / -terino, and the Alpine Rose was solemnly / proclaimed Queen, the same inhabitants of / the valley and of the neighbouring valleys & / mountains, decided to have a Carnival Pro - / - Cession and to give prizes. As the procession / was to last 3 months, from June to August, / and as all the inhabitants, for various / reasons, could not be present the whole time, / it was not easy to settle who were to be the judges. Two, however, seemed to be eminently
Location: Recto
Method of creation: Watercolour

Text: Larix europea D.C.
Location: Verso
Method of creation: Pink ink

Identification numbers

Accession number: PD.11-1980.f.2
Primary reference Number: 43747
Stable URI

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 8 September 2020

Associated departments & institutions

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

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