Walter Mey – unidentified visitor
Walter Mey signed the Casa Fontanalba Visitors’ Book on 23rd August 1906, page 3. Who was this gentleman? Can you help us […]
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Fritz Mader, Pioneer of Natural History – by Graham Avery
It was through his research into Clarence Bicknell that Graham Avery, the Vice-Chairman of the Clarence Bicknell Association, became interested in Fritz […]
Henry Correvon at Casa Fontanalba, 16 July 1914
By Graham Avery The Swiss botanist Henry Correvon visited Clarence Bicknell at his summer home Casa Fontanalba in Casterino on 16 July […]
Clarence’s health trip in the mountains 1888
Clarence Bicknell left a record of places, flowers and events in hundreds of pencil or ink drawings in pocket-size sketch books, most […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Cima Pollini – who was Pollini?
Following a question from Jean-Félix Gandioli of the Muséum d’Histoire Naturelle de Nice about Cima Pollini (photo, right) and Pollini’s relationship with […]
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 […]
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 […]