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Invitation for Exhibition of Flowers & Plants: P.14200-R-74

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Invitation for Exhibition of Flowers & Plants

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown
Printer: Whiting, Charles

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Description

Wood engraving printed in blue with border printed in green. Incriptions "The second / exhibition / of / Flowers & Plants / By the successful competitors at the / Metropolitan & Horticultural / societies, / in honour of her Royal Highness the / Princess Victoria's birth-day, / will take place in the ground of / Worton Lodge, Isleworth, / (by command) / Monday, the 22d of May, 1837..." and "Whiting, London" and inscription in ink "Lady Arden".

Legal notes

Bequeathed by Spencer George Perceval, 1923

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1923) by Perceval, Spencer George

Dating

19th Century
Production date: AD 1837

School or Style

British

Techniques used in production

Wood engraving

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.14200-R-74
Primary reference Number: 205998

Audit data

Created: Thursday 13 August 2015 Updated: Tuesday 26 March 2024

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Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

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