Inscription surrounded by floral border: Campanula stenocodon B.R., C. Scheuchzeri Vill., C. pusilla Haekk. and C. alpestris All.: PD.11-1980.f.49

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 now was heard a great / tinkling of bells. A crowd of / Campanulas was coming, and / everyone knew they had some / message to give, and did not / ring for no useful purpose. In / they came dressed in all shades / from pale blue to Dark violet, / and they said, / "Our little valley bells begin / Then up the sound goes rolling / And others on the hills join in / And last the big bell's tolling, / And then we all together ring / Our diffrent[sic] voices blending, / To say that summer's on the wing / And soon it will be ending. / It was their call to all
• 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: Phyteuma orbiculare L. / P. Halleri All.
• Location: Verso, upper left
• Method of creation: Watercolour

• Text: to persevere in their work and finish their duties for the / time was short; and the spectators understood that the / Procession was nearly at an end. The Campanulas before / moving on offered to ring a triple bob major, but Mr. Rhododendron / said he much regretted there was no time for it, and then Mr. Sage / remarked that he much liked these sweet mountain bells, but that / those useless noisy ones in towns ought to be suppressed, except the / sweet but too rare one of the muffin-man. / Some relations of the Campanulas followed, one of them of a very / sad colour, and they wre not thoroughly happy, as they explained;
• Location: Verso, below the above
• Method of creation: Watercolour

Identification numbers

Accession number: PD.11-1980.f.49
Primary reference Number: 43814
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