Inscription surrounded by floral border: Ranunculus pyrenacus L. R. aduncus Gr. G.: PD.11-1980.f.11

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: "Notwithstanding his long name" / they all said, "those wide open silvery stars / are very beautiful". But as they spoke, a / cloud covered the sun, and all the stars / vanished. They had shut up like a big / umbrella. The judges thought this action / rather impolite, so he said / If the sun has the grace to gaze in my face, / Of course I must look at him; / But if he does not, it is civil, I wot, / To shut my eyes, and be slim. / And then came such a crowd of / merry little white people, that you could / hardly see the green grass on which they / were standing. It seemed that the snow / had fallen again. They said / We 're buttercups, but our delight / It is to make the meadows white / We've many brothers, we call 'yellows', / But they are common sorts of fellows. / Mrs. Larch made a note of this remark.
• Location: Recto
• Method of creation: Watercolour

• Text: Viola calcarata L.
• Location: Verso
• Method of creation: Watercolour

Identification numbers

Accession number: PD.11-1980.f.11
Primary reference Number: 43773
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 3 August 2020 Last processed: Tuesday 13 June 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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