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Inscription surrounded by floral border: Ranunculus pyrenacus L. R. aduncus Gr. G.: PD.11-1980.f.11

Object information

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Titles

Inscription surrounded by floral border: Ranunculus pyrenacus L. R. aduncus Gr. G.

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Bicknell, Clarence

Entities

Categories

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1980) by Bicknell, Peter

Dating

Production date: AD 1914

School or Style

British

Materials used in production

Watercolour
Graphite

Components of the work

Support composed of paper
Leaf Height 278 mm Width 190 mm

Techniques used in production

Handwriting : Watercolour and graphite on paper
Watercolour

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: "Notwithstanding his long name" / they all said, "those wide open silvery stars / are very beautiful". But as they spoke, a / cloud covered the sun, and all the stars / vanished. They had shut up like a big / umbrella. The judges thought this action / rather impolite, so he said / If the sun has the grace to gaze in my face, / Of course I must look at him; / But if he does not, it is civil, I wot, / To shut my eyes, and be slim. / And then came such a crowd of / merry little white people, that you could / hardly see the green grass on which they / were standing. It seemed that the snow / had fallen again. They said / We 're buttercups, but our delight / It is to make the meadows white / We've many brothers, we call 'yellows', / But they are common sorts of fellows. / Mrs. Larch made a note of this remark.
  • Location: Recto
  • Method of creation: Watercolour
  • Text: Viola calcarata L.
  • Location: Verso
  • Method of creation: Watercolour

Identification numbers

Accession number: PD.11-1980.f.11
Primary reference Number: 43773
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 3 August 2020 Last processed: Tuesday 13 June 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

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