Inscription surrounded by floral border: Paris quadrifolia L.: PD.11-1980.f.36

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 figure that followed was most extraordinary. It had a great flapping / 4-fold collar on the shoulders, and next to nothing below, and there were / many thin upright sticks and / feathers on / the head - Mrs. L. / thought it hardly / and the crowd / said it / was frightful and ridiculous. / He spoke French, but this is a / translation: "My name is Paris! as you Know, / Parisians have a burning passion / For what is beautiful; and so / I've come to show the latest fashion."/ and then everyone changed / their opinion and said "it really / is very elegant and becoming, / and quite chaste"; but a few / remarked that a shower of rain / would spoil it
• Location: Recto
• Method of creation: Watercolour

• Text: |||| 1804 R.W.S. GUARANTEED PURE PAPER 5A PALL MALL ||||
• Location: Lower edge
• Method of creation: Blind stamp

• Text: Saxifraga / lingulata Bell.
• Location: Verso
• Method of creation: Watercolour

Identification numbers

Accession number: PD.11-1980.f.36
Primary reference Number: 43801
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