Index Border containing name with flowers, leaves and a stem, by Clarence Bicknell

An image of Index Border containing name with flowers, leaves and a stem: Privet. Bicknell, Clarence (British, 1842-1918). Watercolour over graphite on paper, height, leaf, 241 mm, width, leaf, 177 mm, 1903. Vellum bound sketchbook, containing 54 leaves. Cover has brown leather spine detailing and closure straps.
Inscription(s): recto; watercolour over graphite; INDEX / Myrtle / Arbutus / Rose / Gooseberry / 1 Asparagus / Ruscus / Elder / Tamus // Barberry. / Euonymus / Rose / 2 Rhamnus / Yew // Elder / Dogwood / 3 Whortleberry / Asparagus / Raspberry / Daphne // Buckthorn / Elder / Rose / 4 Rubia / Yew // Amelanchier / 5 Nightshade / Dewberry // Jimmy / Ivy / 6 Mistletoe / May lily / Yellow Solanum // Blackthorn / Elaeagnus / 7 Rose / Ribes / Yellow ivy // Olive / Tilia / 8 Hawthorn / Euphorbia / Rubus // Baneberry / Euonymus / 9 Rubus / Rose / Ilex / Empetrium / Smilax; The preceding arranged in 9 numbered groups, read in sequence and from top to bottom, the initial letters of the flowers spell the following: "MARGARET BERRY EDWARD BERRY AND JIMMY BERRY OTHER BERRIES". They have been described in their groups because they are numbered in sequence, but actually appear on the page thus: 1 2 / 3 4 8 / 5 9 / 6 7, and are separated by '//', above. Verso, centre; watercolour over graphite; PRIVET. Verso, lower left; watercolour over graphite; LIGUSTRUM VULGARE L.

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Index Border containing name with flowers, leaves and a stem: Privet. Bicknell, Clarence (British, 1842-1918). Watercolour over graphite on paper, height, leaf, 241 mm, width, leaf, 177 mm, 1903. Vellum bound sketchbook, containing 54 leaves. Cover has brown leather spine detailing and closure straps. Inscription(s): recto; watercolour over graphite; INDEX / Myrtle / Arbutus / Rose / Gooseberry / 1 Asparagus / Ruscus / Elder / Tamus // Barberry. / Euonymus / Rose / 2 Rhamnus / Yew // Elder / Dogwood / 3 Whortleberry / Asparagus / Raspberry / Daphne // Buckthorn / Elder / Rose / 4 Rubia / Yew // Amelanchier / 5 Nightshade / Dewberry // Jimmy / Ivy / 6 Mistletoe / May lily / Yellow Solanum // Blackthorn / Elaeagnus / 7 Rose / Ribes / Yellow ivy // Olive / Tilia / 8 Hawthorn / Euphorbia / Rubus // Baneberry / Euonymus / 9 Rubus / Rose / Ilex / Empetrium / Smilax; The preceding arranged in 9 numbered groups, read in sequence and from top to bottom, the initial letters of the flowers spell the following: "MARGARET BERRY EDWARD BERRY AND JIMMY BERRY OTHER BERRIES". They have been described in their groups because they are numbered in sequence, but actually appear on the page thus: 1 2 / 3 4 8 / 5 9 / 6 7, and are separated by '//', above. Verso, centre; watercolour over graphite; PRIVET. Verso, lower left; watercolour over graphite; LIGUSTRUM VULGARE L.

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Accession Number: PD.6-1980.f.54
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/19.0
Focal length: 80
Camera: Hasselblad H4D-31
Photographer name: Sam Cole
Image height: 1025 pixels
Image width: 779 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
Filesize: 387.46kB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 19/1

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20th Century Bicknell botanical British School Clarence Bicknell decorative initial drawing Fitz_PDP floral flowers illustrated illustration index initial leaves sketch sketchbook watercolour

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