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Inscription surrounded by floral border: Crocus vernus L.: PD.11-1980.f.7

Object information

Awaiting location update

Titles

Inscription surrounded by floral border: Crocus vernus L.

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Bicknell, Clarence

Entities

Categories

Acquisition and important dates

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

Dating

Production date: AD 1914

School or Style

British

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: All were much pleased, but Mrs. Larch made a note that / Soldanella had spoken a little unkindly of the others. Then came a large group in white, purple and green, like / suffragettes clamouring for a vote! and they said / Our name is Vernal Crocus! / And Soldanella woke us, / The snow did nearly choke us / And, when it melted, soak us, / But we said 'Hocus Pocus', / And here we are in focus! / and they all stood straight up, just like notes of excla- / -mation, and evidently expecting to be photographed, as people who go to court or take part in amateur / theatricals do. But there was no photographer, / so they continued
  • Location: Recto
  • Method of creation: Watercolour
  • Text: Scilla bifolia L.
  • Location: Verso
  • Method of creation: Pink ink

Identification numbers

Accession number: PD.11-1980.f.7
Primary reference Number: 43763
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 8 September 2020 Last processed: Tuesday 13 June 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

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