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

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