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A Rembrandt and a Darwin Tulip: PD.667-1973

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Current Location: In storage

Titles

A Rembrandt and a Darwin Tulip

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Holland, James

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Acquisition and important dates

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

Dating

1820s
Production date: AD 1827 : Date from inscription

School or Style

British

Materials used in production

Watercolour
Bodycolour
White bodycolour
Graphite
Gum arabic

Components of the work

Support composed of pasteboard
Pasteboard Height 271 mm Width 215 mm

Techniques used in production

Watercolour : Watercolour and bodycolour with gum Arabic and white heightening over traces of graphite outline on 'Turnball's Super fine London Board'

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: (Turnball's) Super fine London Board
  • Method of creation: Blind stamp
  • Text: Mr. Holland
  • Location: Verso
  • Method of creation: Graphite
  • Text: 1827
  • Location: Verso
  • Method of creation: Graphite

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Identification numbers

Accession number: PD.667-1973
Primary reference Number: 23583

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Wednesday 15 October 2025

Associated departments & institutions

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

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