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

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
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