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Centifolia rose with peacock butterfly, by Redouté

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An image of Centifolia rose with peacock butterfly. Redouté, Pierre Joseph (Flemish, 1759-1840). Watercolour and bodycolour on vellum, height 196 mm, width 147 mm.

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Centifolia rose with peacock butterfly. Redouté, Pierre Joseph (Flemish, 1759-1840). Watercolour and bodycolour on vellum, height 196 mm, width 147 mm.

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  • Accession Number: PD.884-1973
  • Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
  • Photographer name: Michael Jones
  • Image height: 1025 pixels
  • Image width: 775 pixels
  • Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
  • Filesize: 523.97kB
  • Exposure time: 1/20
  • ISO Speed: 50
  • Captured: 2011:05:12 15:36:00

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19th Century botanical butterflies butterfly Fitz_PDP Flemish floral flowers Pierre Joseph Redoute pink pink roses Redoute roses thorns Valentines vellum watercolour

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rgb(91,82,65), rgb(242,231,209), rgb(116,124,112), rgb(149,143,130), rgb(159,159,153), rgb(171,177,172), rgb(147,112,108), rgb(205,187,166), rgb(201,193,184), rgb(201,204,195), rgb(183,110,82)

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