Inscription with floral illustration: Phyteuma orbiculare L. and P. Halleri All.: PD.11-1980.f.50

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Titles

Inscription with floral illustration: Phyteuma orbiculare L. and P. Halleri All.

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: Alas! our clappers are tied up, So we can give no token; / And if at last they were set free, our belfries would be broken. / The troubles put us in bad humours, and so pray pity the Phyteumas.
Location: Recto
Method of creation: Watercolour

Text: Aster / alpinus L.
Location: Verso, upper left
Method of creation: Watercolour

Identification numbers

Accession number: PD.11-1980.f.50
Primary reference Number: 43816
Stable URI

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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