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The Peacock "At Home": PD.120-1973.f.8

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

The Peacock "At Home"

Maker(s)

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

Entities

Categories

Description

Illustrative border consisting of various flora and insect fauna.

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
Gum arabic

Components of the work

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

Techniques used in production

Watercolour : Watercolour, gum Arabic, bodycolour including white, over traces of graphite on wove paper

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: The / Peacock "At Home"
  • Location: Recto
  • Method of creation: Watercolour, gold and graphite
  • Type: Title
  • Text: The Butterfly's Ball, and the Grasshopper's Feasts, / Excited the spleen of the Birds and the Beasts: / For their mirth and good cheer - of the Bee was the theme, / And the Gnat blew his horn, as he danc'd in the beam. / 'Twas humm'd by the Beetle, 'twas buzz'd by the Fly, / And sung by the myriads that sport 'neath the sky.
  • Location: Recto, below the above
  • Method of creation: Brown ink

Identification numbers

Accession number: PD.120-1973.f.8
Primary reference Number: 80498
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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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