Inscription surrounded by floral border: Lychnis flos Jovis Lamk.: PD.11-1980.f.46

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Titles

Inscription surrounded by floral border: Lychnis flos Jovis Lamk.

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Bicknell, Clarence

Entities

Drawing

Categories

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1980) by Bicknell, Peter

Dating

Production date: AD 1914

School or Style

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: Some of the spectators rather doubted / the veracity of this story, / but the greater number believed it / and objected to criticism of such / venerable records. And then another / classical personage came, Lychnis / Barba Jovis who also related a / strange story, and said / "An ancestor of mine / Was once about to dine / In an alcove, / When Jupiter appeared / With beard so long and grey! / Of course he greatly feared / And knew not what to say, / Except "By Jove!" / But from the fright, / His hair turned white / And from that day / We've all been called "Jove's Beard"." / and certainly he was covered all / over with silk hair, and his pink / face looked very pretty above the / white clothing. And then followed a
Location: Recto
Method of creation: Watercolour

Text: Papaver / alpinum L.
Location: Verso
Method of creation: Watercolour

Identification numbers

Accession number: PD.11-1980.f.46
Primary reference Number: 43811
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 3 August 2020

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

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