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Inscription surrounded by floral border: Michaelmas Daisy: PD.8-1980.f.9

Object information

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Titles

Inscription surrounded by floral border: Michaelmas Daisy
Inscription surrounded by floral border: Rose

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Bicknell, Clarence

Entities

Categories

Acquisition and important dates

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

Dating

Production date: AD 1908

School or Style

British

Materials used in production

Watercolour
Graphite

Components of the work

Support composed of paper
Leaf Height 326 mm Width 255 mm

Techniques used in production

Watercolour : Watercolour over graphite on paper

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: 15
  • Location: Recto, upper right
  • Method of creation: Watercolour
  • Text: "Purpurvestita kara autuna flor' / Vi ploras, do, pri morto de l'somero? / Funebra, certe, estas la kolor', / Kaj ciam servas al la malespero!" / "Ha, ne! Vi ne forgesu, Kara mia, / Purpuro apartenog al majesto: / Kaj placas al la vintorego nia, / Ke prezentigu mi en deca vesto." / "Dear little autumn flower, with purple clad / Dost thou thus weep the death of summer fair? / Funereal, truly, is thy colour sad / And ever serves as symbol of despair!" / "Ah, no! dear friend; remember yet one thing, - / That purple, too, is Majesty's display: / And 't' is the pleasure of our Winter King, / That I present myself in meet array!" / Ben Elmy.
  • Location: Recto
  • Method of creation: Watercolour
  • Text: A Rose, as fair as ever saw the North, / Grew in a little garden all alone: / A sweeter flower did Nature ne'er put forth, / Nor fairer garden yet was never known: / The maidens danced about it morn and noon, / And learned bards of it their ditties made: / The nimble fairies by the pale-faced moon / Water'd the root and Kiss'd her pretty shade. / But well-a-day! - the gardner careless grew: / The maids and Fairies both were kept away, / And in a drought the caterpillars threw / Themselve upon the bud and every spray. / God shield the stock! If heaven send no supplies, / The fairest blossom of the garden dies / W. Browne.
  • Location: Verso
  • Method of creation: Watercolour

Identification numbers

Accession number: PD.8-1980.f.9
Primary reference Number: 43946
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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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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Inscription surrounded by floral border: Michaelmas Daisy" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/43946 Accessed: 2024-12-18 17:03:27

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