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Inscription surrounded by floral border: Tulipa celsiana D.C.: PD.11-1980.f.24

Object information

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Titles

Inscription surrounded by floral border: Tulipa celsiana D.C.

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: The next was a great contrast: a / tall graceful figure, closely wrapped up / in a dark red cloak."That is / very handsome and costly too" / said Mrs. Larch. "But now look at / the lining" said "Tulipa australis, / who had overheard her: and she / stood upright, and opened the cloak, and / the lining was cloth of gold."I like the Japanese", she said; "they study the flowers, / and have noticed that they do not put / all the beauty on to the outside, and so / they do the same, and their garments / are more than an outside show. / Oxlips and Cowslips / Are beautiful to see: / But I've two lips, one red, one gold; / The first is hot, the second cold, / So Tulips are for me!
  • Location: Recto
  • Method of creation: Watercolour
  • Text: Muscari / botryoides Mill.
  • Location: Verso
  • Method of creation: Watercolour
  • Text: |||| 1804 R.W.S.GUARANTEED PURE PAPER.5A PALL MALL ||||
  • Location: Lower edge
  • Method of creation: Blind stamp

Identification numbers

Accession number: PD.11-1980.f.24
Primary reference Number: 43789
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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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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Inscription surrounded by floral border: Tulipa celsiana D.C." Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/43789 Accessed: 2024-05-07 07:15:32

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