Skip to main content

Inscription with floral illustration: Aster alpinus L.: PD.11-1980.f.51

Object information

Awaiting location update

Titles

Inscription with floral illustration: Aster alpinus L.

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: And then came a brilliant star-like / figure, looking very happy, with a dress / that sometimes looked quite pink and sometimes quite blue. He was one of a large family, but was evidently glad that / he did not inhabit the Celestial Empire / for he said / I am White Alpine Star, / And love these rocks and rivers, / But most of my relations are, / Elsewhere, and tall and lanky / Especially the Yankee, / I'm glad I'm not a China Aster, / For it would be a great disaster / Were I to break in shivers, / And a companion white star followed, but this one seemed sad or ill, and had black / lines under his eyes. Indeed he could / only speak of the troubles of his friends.
  • Location: Recto
  • Method of creation: Watercolour
  • Text: Leucanthemum / ceratophylloides Nym.
  • Location: Verso, upper left
  • Method of creation: Watercolour

Identification numbers

Accession number: PD.11-1980.f.51
Primary reference Number: 43817
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

Citation for print

This record can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:

The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Inscription with floral illustration: Aster alpinus L." Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/43817 Accessed: 2024-12-18 16:37:23

Citation for Wikipedia

To cite this record on Wikipedia you can use this code snippet:

{{cite web|url=https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/43817 |title=Inscription with floral illustration: Aster alpinus L. |author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2024-12-18 16:37:23|publisher=The University of Cambridge}}

API call for this record

To call these data via our API (remember this needs to be authenticated) you can use this code snippet:

https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/api/v1/objects/object-43817

Sign up for updates

Updates about future exhibitions and displays, family activities, virtual events & news. You'll be the first to know...