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Gentiana acaulis
Draughtsman: Ehret, Georg Dionysius
The plant with one flower is shown growing from a patch of soil.
Height: 238 mm
Width: 165 mm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1973) by Fairhaven, Henry Rogers Broughton
Production date: AD 1765
Watercolour
Bodycolour
Gum arabic
Ground (material)
Support composed of vellum (skin)
Watercolour : Point of the brush, watercolour and bodycolour reinforced in some places with gum Arabic over traces of graphite on prepared vellum
Accession number: PD.113-1973.10
Primary reference Number: 31551
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The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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