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Titlepage: 'The Butterfly's Ball and the Grasshopper's Feast': PD.120-1973.f.3

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Titlepage: 'The Butterfly's Ball and the Grasshopper's Feast'

Maker(s)

Author: Dorset, C.A., Mrs
Draughtsman: Unknown

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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
Graphite

Components of the work

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

Techniques used in production

Watercolour : Watercolour with gold over traces of graphite on wove paper

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: THE / BUTTERFLY'S BALL / AND THE / GRASSHOPPER'S FEAST.
  • Location: Recto
  • Method of creation: Watercolour, gold paint and graphite

Identification numbers

Accession number: PD.120-1973.f.3
Primary reference Number: 80493

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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