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    UNKNOWN PERSON

    Illuminated manuscript

    c. 1855

    Illuminated manuscript, watercolour and ink | 23.1 x 17.2 cm (image) | RCIN 981758

    Illuminated manuscript with German text in the centre of the design. The decoration features a swirling, interlocking floral pattern with a range of flowers, including pansies, fuschias and snow drops.

    • Creator(s)

      Unknown Person (artist)

    • 23.1 x 17.2 cm (image)

    • From an album compiled by Princess Helena

    • Subject(s)
      • Natural Sciences & Mathematics
        • Botany
          • Systematic botany
            • Flowering plants
              • Pansies
              • Fuchsias
              • Daisies
              • Snowdrops
      • Organisation
        • Documentation
          • Illuminated manuscripts
      Object type(s)
        • visual works
          • photographs
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