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Inscription surrounded by floral border: Paris quadrifolia L.: PD.11-1980.f.36

Object information

Awaiting location update

Titles

Inscription surrounded by floral border: Paris quadrifolia L.

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: The figure that followed was most extraordinary. It had a great flapping / 4-fold collar on the shoulders, and next to nothing below, and there were / many thin upright sticks and / feathers on / the head - Mrs. L. / thought it hardly / and the crowd / said it / was frightful and ridiculous. / He spoke French, but this is a / translation: "My name is Paris! as you Know, / Parisians have a burning passion / For what is beautiful; and so / I've come to show the latest fashion."/ and then everyone changed / their opinion and said "it really / is very elegant and becoming, / and quite chaste"; but a few / remarked that a shower of rain / would spoil it
  • Location: Recto
  • Method of creation: Watercolour
  • Text: |||| 1804 R.W.S. GUARANTEED PURE PAPER 5A PALL MALL ||||
  • Location: Lower edge
  • Method of creation: Blind stamp
  • Text: Saxifraga / lingulata Bell.
  • Location: Verso
  • Method of creation: Watercolour

Identification numbers

Accession number: PD.11-1980.f.36
Primary reference Number: 43801
Stable URI

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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