Inscription surrounded by floral border: Holly: PD.8-1980.f.37

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: 71
• Location: Recto, upper right
• Method of creation: Watercolour

• Text: Blow, blow, thou winter wind, / Thou art not so unkind / As man's ingratitude; / Thy tooth is not so keen, / Because thou art not seen / Although thy breath be rude. / Heigh, ho! sing, heigh, ho! unto the green holly: / Most friendship is feigning, most loving mere folly: / Then, heigh, ho! the holly! / This life is most jolly. / Freeze, freeze, thou bitter sky, / That dost not bite so nigh / As benefits forgot: / Though thou the waters warp, / Thy sting is not so sharp / As friend remembered not. / Heigh, ho! sing, heigh, ho! unto the green holly / & c. / Shakespeare.
• Location: Recto
• Method of creation: Watercolour

• Text: Da l'agile cappa ove i petali / Di giallo velluto carnoso / Dischuide in silenzio, una pallida / Viola mi fissa con guardo pensoso. / Io vidi altre volte due supplici / Cari occhi guardarmi cosi: / Quegli occhi per sempre si chiusero, / Con essi un' amore nel vuoto spare. / Se è vero che i morti risorgono / Dei tronchi nei vividi umori, / Nei fili dell' erba, nei pollini, / Nei calici freschi, ridenti dei fiori, / Viola, che triste mi affascini / Col supplice sguardo ch'io so, / In lé vive un brano dell'anima / Di chi nel lontano passato mi amo!... / A. Negri.
• Location: Verso
• Method of creation: Watercolour

Identification numbers

Accession number: PD.8-1980.f.37
Primary reference Number: 44102
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