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

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
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