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Inscription surrounded by floral border: Leontopodium alpinum Cass.: PD.11-1980.f.48

Object information

Awaiting location update

Titles

Inscription surrounded by floral border: Leontopodium alpinum Cass.

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: Now tho' Jupiter's Beard was / so white, the dress of the next in / the procession was much whiter, / and it seemed strange that anyone / should come to a grand festival clothed only in white flannel, even tho' the sun was hot, and the dress / had been well cut and fitted to / perfection. He said his name was generally know as Edelweiss, a / nickname because his real one was / so long. Then he explained why he / wore this / "Some things live in the Isle of Wight, / And some live in the Channel, / But I can't live by day or night / Unless I'm in white flannel." / Mrs. Larch said she was glad it was / not flannelette, as that was the / cause of many deaths. Then he / added "Alas! my flannel also kills many. I used to live in / open flat places, but so many people / would come to see me that I was obliged to retire to out-of-the-way ones. / But still they will come by dangerous paths, and they fall down precipices & / are killed, but it really is not my fault and I think my only vice is in my / name."
  • Location: Recto
  • Method of creation: Watercolour
  • Text: Campanula stenocodon B.R C. Scheuchzeri Vill
  • Location: Verso, top
  • Method of creation: Watercolour
  • Text: C. pusilla Hackk. C.alpestris All.
  • Location: Verso, bottom
  • Method of creation: Watercolour

Identification numbers

Accession number: PD.11-1980.f.48
Primary reference Number: 43813
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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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