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Bouquet of flowers, including a poppy, a passion flower and two carnations, with a small butterfly, Nicolas Perignon

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Bouquet of flowers, including a poppy, a passion flower and two carnations, with a small butterfly. Pérignon, Nicolas (French, 1725-1782). Etching, 1760. Described in de Baudicour as 'de le plus grande rareté'.

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  • Accession Number: P.202-2015
  • Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
  • Aperture: f/19.0
  • Focal length: 80
  • Camera: Hasselblad H4D-31
  • Photographer name: Michael Jones
  • Image height: 1025 pixels
  • Image width: 891 pixels
  • Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
  • Filesize: 1.05MB
  • Exposure time: 1/60
  • ISO Speed: 100
  • Fnumber: 19/1

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18th Century botanical bouquet butterflies butterfly carnations Caryophyllaceae Dianthus etching Fitz_PDP floral flowers French Nicolas Perignon Passiflora passion flower Perignon poppies poppy print

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