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Inscription surrounded by floral border: Primula viscosa All.: PD.11-1980.f.20

Object information

Awaiting location update

Titles

Inscription surrounded by floral border: Primula viscosa All.

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: and one said / Your ignorance or want of truth / my conscience greatly shocks, / For I was dressed a month ago / And sitting on the rocks. / And I'm a truthful Primula / Just one of many dozens: / We're quite a lowborn family / And we have scores of / cousins." / Primula intricata grew / a little paler, but indeed / she had nothing to say / except that she would never / have known the other for her sister, but hoped she had / liked the rocks, and that she
  • Location: Recto
  • Method of creation: Watercolour
  • Text: Primula / viscosa All.
  • Location: Verso
  • Method of creation: Watercolour

Identification numbers

Accession number: PD.11-1980.f.20
Primary reference Number: 43785
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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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