A vase of roses, peony, lilac, tulip... on a marble slab, by Anne Vallayer-Coster

An image of Miniature painting. A marble vase of roses, peony, lilac, tulip, crown imperial lily, delphinium, and trailing creeper on a marble slab, with a bird's nest containing eggs. Vallayer-Coster, Anne (French, 1744-1818). Watercolour, gouache on card, height, centre measurements, 141 mm, width, centre measurements, 112 mm. Acquisition: bequeathed 1973 by Henry Rogers Broughton Fairhaven.

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Miniature painting. A marble vase of roses, peony, lilac, tulip, crown imperial lily, delphinium, and trailing creeper on a marble slab, with a bird's nest containing eggs. Vallayer-Coster, Anne (French, 1744-1818). Watercolour, gouache on card, height, centre measurements, 141 mm, width, centre measurements, 112 mm. Acquisition: bequeathed 1973 by Henry Rogers Broughton Fairhaven.

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Accession Number: PD.1092-1973
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/19.0
Focal length: 120
Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
Photographer name: Katie Young
Image height: 1025 pixels
Image width: 842 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
Filesize: 0.97MB
Exposure time: 1/90
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 19/1

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