Skip to main content

Paliurus or Christ's Thorn: PD.115-1973.60

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Paliurus or Christ's Thorn

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Robins, Thomas I

Entities

Categories

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1973) by Broughton, Henry Rogers, Major the Hon.

School or Style

British

Materials used in production

Watercolour
Graphite
Gum arabic

Components of the work

Support composed of laid paper Height 194 mm Width 159 mm

Techniques used in production

Watercolour : Graphite with watercolour and gum Arabic on laid paper, laid down on album leaf, surrounded by rectangular wash borders - album leaf cut away behind drawing to show that it has been laid down on a backing sheet

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: Christ's Thorn
  • Location: Upper left
  • Method of creation: Graphite
  • Text: Palurus [sic] or Christ's Thorn
  • Location: Upper left of centre
  • Method of creation: Graphite

Identification numbers

Accession number: PD.115-1973.60
Primary reference Number: 80167
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

Citation for print

This record can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:

The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Paliurus or Christ's Thorn" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/80167 Accessed: 2024-12-18 15:54:45

Citation for Wikipedia

To cite this record on Wikipedia you can use this code snippet:

{{cite web|url=https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/80167 |title=Paliurus or Christ's Thorn |author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2024-12-18 15:54:45|publisher=The University of Cambridge}}

API call for this record

To call these data via our API (remember this needs to be authenticated) you can use this code snippet:

https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/api/v1/objects/object-80167

Sign up for updates

Updates about future exhibitions and displays, family activities, virtual events & news. You'll be the first to know...