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Inscription surrounded by floral border: Maianthemum bifolium Desf.: PD.11-1980.f.33

Object information

Awaiting location update

Titles

Inscription surrounded by floral border: Maianthemum bifolium Desf.

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 then came quite a small / cousin of Convallaria who called / himself Maianthemum, and told / the judges that though so small he was / a great worker through the summer. / He said / "I make small balls for fairies' games / Within my larch-tree thicket; / Italian (?)ays Pallone play. / The English Golf and Cricket. / For baseball, Tennis or Pelota / They're good, being splended bounders: / But baby elves play Marbles, Catch, / And when they're older, Rounders" / Mrs. Larch was very pleased to / hear that such industrious people / lived in her domains / The next figure, dressed in pure / white, was very beautiful, and though / generally silent, when she did speak
  • Location: Recto
  • Method of creation: Watercolour
  • Text: Liliastrum / album Lk.
  • Location: Verso
  • Method of creation: Watercolour

Identification numbers

Accession number: PD.11-1980.f.33
Primary reference Number: 43798
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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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