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Inscription surrounded by floral border: Viola biflora L.: PD.11-1980.f.13

Object information

Awaiting location update

Titles

Inscription surrounded by floral border: Viola biflora 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: A simple little yellow figure followed, which / hardly seemed to be any connection of the large gay / Pansies, but she was as she modestly explained: / I am the Pansies' poor relation / Of very humble lot and station. / They everywhere show brilliant / faces, / But I live in secluded places, / I make but little show - and yet / I am the two-flowered Violet. / and she hung down her head / with its long red ribbons, / and went quietly on, and / two very quaint sisters / appeared, almost neck in neck.
  • Location: Recto
  • Method of creation: Watercolour
  • Text: Fritillaria Moggridgei / F. Burnati
  • Location: Verso
  • Method of creation: Watercolour

Identification numbers

Accession number: PD.11-1980.f.13
Primary reference Number: 43775
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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

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