Onopordon acanthium (Common Cotton Thistle) with insects and swallowtail butterfly: PD.358-1973

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Onopordon acanthium (Common Cotton Thistle) with insects and swallowtail butterfly

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Dietzsch, Johann Christoph

Entities

Drawing

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1973) by Fairhaven, Henry Rogers Broughton

School or Style

German

Materials used in production

Bodycolour
Gum arabic

Components of the work

Support composed of vellum (skin)
Vellum Height 283 mm Width 203 mm

Techniques used in production

Watercolour : Bodycolour and gum Arabic on prepared black ground on vellum

References and bibliographic entries

Flowers of Three Centuries; One Hundred Drawings & Watercolours from the Broughton Collection page(s): 18

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Identification numbers

Accession number: PD.358-1973
Primary reference Number: 23241
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Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 18 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

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