Inscription surrounded by floral border: Maianthemum bifolium Desf.: PD.11-1980.f.33

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: and then came quite a small / cousin of Convallaria who called / himself Maianthemum, and told / the judges that though so small he was / a great worker through the summer. / He said / "I make small balls for fairies' games / Within my larch-tree thicket; / Italian (?)ays Pallone play. / The English Golf and Cricket. / For baseball, Tennis or Pelota / They're good, being splended bounders: / But baby elves play Marbles, Catch, / And when they're older, Rounders" / Mrs. Larch was very pleased to / hear that such industrious people / lived in her domains / The next figure, dressed in pure / white, was very beautiful, and though / generally silent, when she did speak
• Location: Recto
• Method of creation: Watercolour

• Text: Liliastrum / album Lk.
• Location: Verso
• Method of creation: Watercolour

Identification numbers

Accession number: PD.11-1980.f.33
Primary reference Number: 43798
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