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Inscription surrounded by floral border: Primula viscosa All.: PD.11-1980.f.21

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: really was speaking the / truth. On hearing this the / other one, still more purple, / shouted / "Of course she is; of course she is: / For I sat down beside her / Though she is not Miss Muffet / And I am not a spider." / and then another Primula / ran up, and wanted to speak / but was not allowed, and / had to be arrested and / removed in custody, after much struggling and using / of her stick, for indeed she / was known as the sticky / Primula and ought never to / have been allowed to enter / the course, carrying an / offensive weapon. When / order was restored M: Sage / said "It is very sad, but / relations are often not in good ones with each other, and every
  • Location: Recto
  • Method of creation: Watercolour
  • Text: Primula / suaveolens Bert.
  • Location: Verso
  • Method of creation: Watercolour

Identification numbers

Accession number: PD.11-1980.f.21
Primary reference Number: 43786
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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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