Inscription surrounded by floral border: Leontopodium alpinum Cass.: PD.11-1980.f.48

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Titles

Inscription surrounded by floral border: Leontopodium alpinum Cass.

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Bicknell, Clarence

Entities

Drawing

Categories

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1980) by Bicknell, Peter

Dating

Production date: AD 1914

School or Style

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: Now tho' Jupiter's Beard was / so white, the dress of the next in / the procession was much whiter, / and it seemed strange that anyone / should come to a grand festival clothed only in white flannel, even tho' the sun was hot, and the dress / had been well cut and fitted to / perfection. He said his name was generally know as Edelweiss, a / nickname because his real one was / so long. Then he explained why he / wore this / "Some things live in the Isle of Wight, / And some live in the Channel, / But I can't live by day or night / Unless I'm in white flannel." / Mrs. Larch said she was glad it was / not flannelette, as that was the / cause of many deaths. Then he / added "Alas! my flannel also kills many. I used to live in / open flat places, but so many people / would come to see me that I was obliged to retire to out-of-the-way ones. / But still they will come by dangerous paths, and they fall down precipices & / are killed, but it really is not my fault and I think my only vice is in my / name."
Location: Recto
Method of creation: Watercolour

Text: Campanula stenocodon B.R C. Scheuchzeri Vill
Location: Verso, top
Method of creation: Watercolour

Text: C. pusilla Hackk. C.alpestris All.
Location: Verso, bottom
Method of creation: Watercolour

Identification numbers

Accession number: PD.11-1980.f.48
Primary reference Number: 43813
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 3 August 2020

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

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