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Inscription surrounded by floral border: Rose: PD.8-1980.f.15

Object information

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Titles

Inscription surrounded by floral border: Rose
Inscription surrounded by floral border: Rosemary

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Bicknell, Clarence

Entities

Categories

Acquisition and important dates

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

Dating

Production date: AD 1908

School or Style

British

Materials used in production

Watercolour
Graphite

Components of the work

Support composed of paper
Leaf Height 326 mm Width 255 mm

Techniques used in production

Watercolour : Watercolour over graphite on paper

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: 27
  • Location: Recto, upper right
  • Method of creation: Watercolour
  • Text: O royal Rose! the Roman dress'd / His feast with thee; thy petals press'd / Augustan brows: thine odour fine, / Mixed with the three-times-mingled wine, / Lent the long Thracian draught its zest. / What marvel then, if host and guest, / By song, by joy, by thee caress'd, / Half-trembled on the half-divine, / O royal Rose! / And yet - and yet - I love thee best / In our old gardens of the west, / Whether about my thatch thou twin, / Or hers, that brown-eyed maid of mine, / Who lulls thee on her lawny breast, / O royal Rose! / A. Dobson .
  • Location: Recto
  • Method of creation: Watercolour

Inscription present: two vertical columns, the column break follows the line: "Green, never-fading."

  • Text: For Remembrance Rosemary / Pray, love, remember: / Raise anew the leaf-clad tree / From the burnt ember: / Summer boughs in summer glee / Winter's way shading, / Rosemary for memory / Green, never-fading. / Here is Rosemary, my dear. / Take it and tend it; / Sunny days of yester-year / Sweet perfume lend it. / April in the heart may be / All through December, / With the breath of Rosemary - / - Pray, love, remember! / O.G. Robertson.
  • Location: Verso
  • Method of creation: Watercolour

Identification numbers

Accession number: PD.8-1980.f.15
Primary reference Number: 44001
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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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