Inscription surrounded by floral border: Primula viscosa All.: PD.11-1980.f.21

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: really was speaking the / truth. On hearing this the / other one, still more purple, / shouted / "Of course she is; of course she is: / For I sat down beside her / Though she is not Miss Muffet / And I am not a spider." / and then another Primula / ran up, and wanted to speak / but was not allowed, and / had to be arrested and / removed in custody, after much struggling and using / of her stick, for indeed she / was known as the sticky / Primula and ought never to / have been allowed to enter / the course, carrying an / offensive weapon. When / order was restored M: Sage / said "It is very sad, but / relations are often not in good ones with each other, and every
• Location: Recto
• Method of creation: Watercolour

• Text: Primula / suaveolens Bert.
• Location: Verso
• Method of creation: Watercolour

Identification numbers

Accession number: PD.11-1980.f.21
Primary reference Number: 43786
Stable URI

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