January 19, 2022November 18, 2024 Aquilegia atrata in Clarence’s Book of Guests in Esperanto A decorative floral design by Clarence Bicknell from his Book of Guests in Esperanto. Here he plays tribute to one of his […]
December 22, 2021November 11, 2024 Violet Van Biesbroeck – Un mistero risolto. In italiano sotto Violet Van Biesbroeck – A mystery solved. The little girl in the 1915 Christmas card to Clarence is the […]
November 22, 2021November 22, 2021 Naming of Cima Pollini Our website and Facebook posting about the identity of Luigi Pollini (https://clarencebicknell.com/cima-pollini-who-was-pollini/) has triggered further input on the subject from readers. Most […]
October 29, 2021October 29, 2021 Watercolour drawing of Water Avens by Clarence Bicknell Clarence Bicknell’s painting is from his Book of Guests in Esperanto opposite the entry for Capi, his niece Nora’s dog. Clarence Bicknell […]
October 20, 2021October 20, 2021 Lathyrus pratensis in Clarence’s book for children The Children’s Picture Book of Wild Plants of 1908 is one of Clarence’s best illustrated albums, all of them bound in vellum […]
October 14, 2021October 14, 2021 The family Bottacco and Clarence Bicknell The family Bottacco and Clarence Bicknell – how did they know each other? Rhea Bottacca Sanseverino, her husband Leopoldo Bottacco and their […]
September 10, 2021November 9, 2024 The Ancient King, Saxifraga florulenta The Ancient King, l’Antico Re, was the name used by Clarence Bicknell and other botanists of the late nineteenth and early twentieth […]
September 9, 2021September 9, 2021 Photo of Clarence in 1883 in Finalmarina; what does it tell us? I received today a copy of an interesting photo of Clarence Bicknell. It was sent by Dr. Andrea De Pascale, PhD, Conservatore […]
September 7, 2021September 7, 2021 Clarence Bicknell and the Martagon Lily; luxurious brightness We show three of Clarence’s images of the Martagon Lily here. Firstly in the Casa Fontanalba Visitors’ Book (Bicknell Collection) which he […]
August 31, 2021November 11, 2024 L’Homme des Merveilles – Clarence Bicknell 70 years after Clarence Bicknell’s death he was being referred to as L’Homme des Merveilles, the man who discovered the 11,000 rock […]