Inscription surrounded by floral border: Willow: PD.8-1980.f.42

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: 81
• Location: Recto, upper right
• Method of creation: Watercolour

• Text: Thou art to all lost love the best, / The only true plant found, / Wherewith young men and maids distres't, / And left of love, are crown'd. / When once the lover's rose is dead, / Or laid aside forlorn; / Then willow garlands 'bout the head / Bedew;d with tears are worn. / When with neglect, the lover's band, / Poor maids rewarded be, / For their lost love, their only gain / Is but a wreath from thee. / And underneath thy cooling shade, / When weary of the light, / The love-spent youth and love-sick maid / Come weep out the night. / Herrick.
• Location: Recto
• Method of creation: Watercolour

• Text: The modest Rose puts forth a thorn, / The humble sheep a threat'ning horn / While the Lily white shall in Love delight, / Nor a thorn, nor a threat, stain her beauty bright. / W. Blake.
• Location: Verso
• Method of creation: Watercolour

Identification numbers

Accession number: PD.8-1980.f.42
Primary reference Number: 44119
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