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Frontispiece: an ornamental shield, surrounded by flowers, surmounted by a flaming beacon: PD.120-1973.f.2

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Frontispiece: an ornamental shield, surrounded by flowers, surmounted by a flaming beacon
The Butterfly's Ball, The Grasshopper's Feast and The Peacock "At Home"

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Unknown

Entities

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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
Gold paint
Silver paint
Graphite
Gum arabic

Components of the work

Support composed of wove paper
Leaf Height 526 mm Width 366 mm

Techniques used in production

Watercolour : Watercolour with gum Arabic, gold and silver, over graphite on wove paper

Identification numbers

Accession number: PD.120-1973.f.2
Primary reference Number: 80492
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 3 August 2020 Last processed: Friday 8 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

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