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Sarracenia purpurea Pitcher Plant
Draughtsman: Ehret, Georg Dionysius
Study of a plant growing in soil, with leaves, single red flower and two buds carried on shorter stems. Removed from album and mounted separately.
Height: 477 mm
Width: 338 mm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1973) by Fairhaven, Henry Rogers Broughton
Production date: AD 1764
Watercolour
Bodycolour
Graphite
Support composed of vellum (skin)
Watercolour : Watercolour and bodycolour over traces of graphite on vellum
Accession number: PD.117-1973.23
Primary reference Number: 31641
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The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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