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Property of a deceased estate - Clarence Bicknell (1842-1918, Victorian polymath artist, botanist, man of letters, pastor, author, archaeologist and Esperantist) - 'WILD FLOWERS OF BORDIGHERA AND NEIGHBOURHOOD' - an album containing 110 botanical watercolours, mounted ten-to-a-page, the album inside front cover with ink manuscript label 'Wild flowers of Bordighera & the neighbourhood, drawn in Febry. - May, 1879, by Clarence Bicknell', the album 14.5 by 17.3ins. (37 by 44cms.). Footnote - Bicknell settled in Bordighera in 1878, so these watercolours would be some of his earliest recordings of the local flowers and fauna. He was a keen botanist and discovered a number of new plant species, several of which bear his name. The fruits of his passion can be seen in the Bicknell Museum in Bordighera, created in 1888. Two exhibitions were staged at the Fitzwilliam Museum, University of Cambridge, in 2018 marking the centenary of his death. The website www.clarencebicknell.com was launched in July 2013 as a commemoration of Clarence’s life and work, and as home to the Clarence Bicknell Association. The website also includes a link to a short documentary film entitled 'The Marvels of Clarence Bicknell'.
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