Daisy inscription surrounded by floral border, by Clarence Bicknell

An image of Inscription surrounded by floral border: Daisy Inscription surrounded by floral border: Daisy. Bicknell, Clarence (British, 1842-1918). Watercolour over graphite on paper, height, leaf, 326 mm, width, leaf, 255 mm, 1908. Part of: A Posy. Vellum-bound sketchbook containing leaves with an index at the end. Cover with brown leather ornamentation and remains of vellum closure straps.
Inscription(s): Recto, upper right; watercolour; 63. Recto; watercolour; From night the golden eye of Day / His round face raises, / And lo! on earth shines out a Milky Way, / The starry Daisies / And as a choir of saints in white / Enraptured gazes / With faces t'wards the light, and Lord of light, / So gaze the Daisies. / On heaven's temple floor, that we / May give our praises, / Outspread their gold and silver tapestry / The countlass Daisies. / And day by day this wondrous show / Our sight amazes; / The glowing sun above, - and here, below, / The sun-like Daisies. / C.B. Verso; watercolour; [B]etter to have a loving friend / than ten admiring foes; / [B]etter a Daisy's earthy root / than a gorgeous dying rose. / G. MacDonald.; the letter [B], a watercolour of two flowers and a vertical stem.

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Inscription surrounded by floral border: Daisy Inscription surrounded by floral border: Daisy. Bicknell, Clarence (British, 1842-1918). Watercolour over graphite on paper, height, leaf, 326 mm, width, leaf, 255 mm, 1908. Part of: A Posy. Vellum-bound sketchbook containing leaves with an index at the end. Cover with brown leather ornamentation and remains of vellum closure straps. Inscription(s): Recto, upper right; watercolour; 63. Recto; watercolour; From night the golden eye of Day / His round face raises, / And lo! on earth shines out a Milky Way, / The starry Daisies / And as a choir of saints in white / Enraptured gazes / With faces t'wards the light, and Lord of light, / So gaze the Daisies. / On heaven's temple floor, that we / May give our praises, / Outspread their gold and silver tapestry / The countlass Daisies. / And day by day this wondrous show / Our sight amazes; / The glowing sun above, - and here, below, / The sun-like Daisies. / C.B. Verso; watercolour; [B]etter to have a loving friend / than ten admiring foes; / [B]etter a Daisy's earthy root / than a gorgeous dying rose. / G. MacDonald.; the letter [B], a watercolour of two flowers and a vertical stem.

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Accession Number: PD.8-1980.f.33
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: 794 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
Filesize: 372.19kB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 19/1

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20th Century Bicknell border botanical British School Clarence Bicknell daisies daisy decorative initial drawing Fitz_PDP floral flowers handwriting handwritten illustrated illustration initial poem poetry poets sketch sketchbook verses watercolour writing

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