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Inscription surrounded by floral border: Myosotis alpestris Schm.: PD.11-1980.f.15

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Titles

Inscription surrounded by floral border: Myosotis alpestris Schm.

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Bicknell, Clarence

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Acquisition and important dates

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

Dating

1910s
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: And then, suddenly, there was / no more white or yellow: the whole / place had turned sky-blue, for the / Alpine Forget-me-nots had come / and were smiling at the judges with / thousands of little laughing blue eyes. And / they said / Can you not tell from our bright eyes / We're very glad you've met us? / We do not ask you for a prize, / But hoep you won't forget us. / "Of course not" said the judges, forgetting / the gravity of their position, and that they / ought not to show their emotions to any of / the competitors, "We shall never, never / forget you." And even M: Sage was so touched, that he said the same.
  • Location: Recto
  • Method of creation: Watercolour
  • Text: Eritrichium / manum Schrad.
  • Location: Verso
  • Method of creation: Watercolour

Identification numbers

Accession number: PD.11-1980.f.15
Primary reference Number: 43777

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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