Inscription surrounded by floral border: Gentiana excisa Prest.: PD.11-1980.f.18

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: I wonder why "The smaller / Gentian said "I am always / gazing with my face wide open / to the sky: perhaps that is the / reason" "No", said the other, who / generally held hers somewhat sideways / cocquetteishly. "I think it is because / everyone has always flattered us so, and talked about / 'the heavenly blue,' and of course we blushed, and the blue / blood in our veins made us bluer and bluer, and now the / colour is fixed: anyhow we really could not be bluer". Mr. / Sage said it was a wise answer, and they passed on to give / place to a pale drooping thin figure. I hope she is not going / to faint" said the kind Mr. Larch: but she stood up primly, and
• Location: Recto
• Method of creation: Watercolour

• Text: Primula intricata Gr. G.
• Location: Verso
• Method of creation: Watercolour

Identification numbers

Accession number: PD.11-1980.f.18
Primary reference Number: 43782
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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