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Inscription with floral illustration: Phyteuma orbiculare L. and P. Halleri All.: PD.11-1980.f.50

Object information

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Titles

Inscription with floral illustration: Phyteuma orbiculare L. and P. Halleri All.

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: Alas! our clappers are tied up, So we can give no token; / And if at last they were set free, our belfries would be broken. / The troubles put us in bad humours, and so pray pity the Phyteumas.
  • Location: Recto
  • Method of creation: Watercolour
  • Text: Aster / alpinus L.
  • Location: Verso, upper left
  • Method of creation: Watercolour

Identification numbers

Accession number: PD.11-1980.f.50
Primary reference Number: 43816
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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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