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Amaryllis belladonna (Belladonna Lily)
Draughtsman: Ehret, Georg Dionysius
History note: (?)Margaret, Duchess of Portland; (?) Portland Museum Sale, 1786, lot 2770 (see inscriptions, verso); with Francis Edwards, August 1942, from whom bought by the 2nd Lord Fairhaven
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1973) by Fairhaven, Henry Rogers Broughton
Production date: AD 1761
Watercolour
Bodycolour
Graphite
Support
composed of
vellum (skin)
Vellum
Height 258 mm
Width 174 mm
Watercolour : Watercolour and bodycolour over graphite outline on vellum
Accession number: PD.430-1973
Primary reference Number: 23377
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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