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Inscription surrounded by floral border: Lychnis flos Jovis Lamk.: PD.11-1980.f.46

Object information

Awaiting location update

Titles

Inscription surrounded by floral border: Lychnis flos Jovis Lamk.

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: Some of the spectators rather doubted / the veracity of this story, / but the greater number believed it / and objected to criticism of such / venerable records. And then another / classical personage came, Lychnis / Barba Jovis who also related a / strange story, and said / "An ancestor of mine / Was once about to dine / In an alcove, / When Jupiter appeared / With beard so long and grey! / Of course he greatly feared / And knew not what to say, / Except "By Jove!" / But from the fright, / His hair turned white / And from that day / We've all been called "Jove's Beard"." / and certainly he was covered all / over with silk hair, and his pink / face looked very pretty above the / white clothing. And then followed a
  • Location: Recto
  • Method of creation: Watercolour
  • Text: Papaver / alpinum L.
  • Location: Verso
  • Method of creation: Watercolour

Identification numbers

Accession number: PD.11-1980.f.46
Primary reference Number: 43811
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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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