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Sweet Scabious: PD.115-1973.33

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Sweet Scabious
Slight sketch, top and sketch of a bird of pray, bottom, visible through paper

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Robins, Thomas I

Entities

Categories

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1973) by Broughton, Henry Rogers, Major the Hon.

School or Style

British

Materials used in production

Watercolour
Bodycolour
White bodycolour
Graphite

Components of the work

Support composed of laid paper Height 256 mm Width 181 mm

Techniques used in production

Watercolour : Recto: graphite with watercolour and bodycolour including white, on laid paper, laid down on album leaf, surrounded by rectangular wash borders verso: graphite

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: Sweet Scabious
  • Location: Lower right of centre, along stem
  • Method of creation: Brown ink
  • Text: 3/
  • Location: Lower right
  • Method of creation: Graphite

Identification numbers

Accession number: PD.115-1973.33
Primary reference Number: 79988

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 3 August 2020

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Sweet Scabious" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/79988 Accessed: 2024-05-02 21:39:25

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