Sweet William Catchfly (Silene armeria) or Common Centaury (Centaurium erythraca)?

Artist: Schouman, Aert, draughtsman - Dutch artist, 1710-1792; Classification(s): drawing, drawing, watercolour, watercolour on laid paper; Acquisition: bequeathed by Fairhaven, Henry Rogers Broughton, Second Lord, 1973 [PD.127-1973.45] Description: A growing plant with erect branched stem and opposite sessile oval leaves and pink flowerheadsin landscape background with river and distant hills.

Collection

Fitzwilliam Museum

Inventory Number

2438168

Title

Sweet William Catchfly (Silene armeria) or Common Centaury (Centaurium erythraca)?

Object Type

Text

Measurements

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