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Inscription surrounded by floral border: Willow: PD.8-1980.f.42

Object information

Awaiting location update

Titles

Inscription surrounded by floral border: Willow
Inscription surrounded by floral border: Lily

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: 81
  • Location: Recto, upper right
  • Method of creation: Watercolour
  • Text: Thou art to all lost love the best, / The only true plant found, / Wherewith young men and maids distres't, / And left of love, are crown'd. / When once the lover's rose is dead, / Or laid aside forlorn; / Then willow garlands 'bout the head / Bedew;d with tears are worn. / When with neglect, the lover's band, / Poor maids rewarded be, / For their lost love, their only gain / Is but a wreath from thee. / And underneath thy cooling shade, / When weary of the light, / The love-spent youth and love-sick maid / Come weep out the night. / Herrick.
  • Location: Recto
  • Method of creation: Watercolour
  • Text: The modest Rose puts forth a thorn, / The humble sheep a threat'ning horn / While the Lily white shall in Love delight, / Nor a thorn, nor a threat, stain her beauty bright. / W. Blake.
  • Location: Verso
  • Method of creation: Watercolour

Identification numbers

Accession number: PD.8-1980.f.42
Primary reference Number: 44119
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

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