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Inscription surrounded by floral border: Gentiana excisa Prest.: PD.11-1980.f.18

Object information

Awaiting location update

Titles

Inscription surrounded by floral border: Gentiana excisa Prest.

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: I wonder why "The smaller / Gentian said "I am always / gazing with my face wide open / to the sky: perhaps that is the / reason" "No", said the other, who / generally held hers somewhat sideways / cocquetteishly. "I think it is because / everyone has always flattered us so, and talked about / 'the heavenly blue,' and of course we blushed, and the blue / blood in our veins made us bluer and bluer, and now the / colour is fixed: anyhow we really could not be bluer". Mr. / Sage said it was a wise answer, and they passed on to give / place to a pale drooping thin figure. I hope she is not going / to faint" said the kind Mr. Larch: but she stood up primly, and
  • Location: Recto
  • Method of creation: Watercolour
  • Text: Primula intricata Gr. G.
  • Location: Verso
  • Method of creation: Watercolour

Identification numbers

Accession number: PD.11-1980.f.18
Primary reference Number: 43782
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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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