# Clarence Bicknell > The Victorian polymath ## Posts - [Clarence Bicknell featured in "Le Venezie Watercolor Exhibition" 17 Oct - 1 Nov](https://clarencebicknell.com/clarence-bicknell-featured-in-le-venezie-watercolor-exhibition-17-oct-1-nov/): As announced in February, Clarence Bicknell's work is featured in Le Venezie Watercolor Exhibition between 17 October and 1 November in the historical medieval City Palace Palazzo dei Trecento in Treviso near Venice, Italy. - [Graham Avery obituary](https://clarencebicknell.com/graham-avery-obituary/): We signalled the sad loss of Graham Avery in a post here of 6th June 2026. - [Elizabeth Scott - Guildhall Art Gallery](https://clarencebicknell.com/elizabeth-scott-guildhall-art-gallery/): We got to know and respect Elizabeth Scott, Director of the Guildhall Art Gallery in 2023/4 when working on the proposed exhibition of Clarence Bicknell's botanical art. - [Omaggio a Clarence Bicknell, Bordighera](https://clarencebicknell.com/omaggio-a-clarence-bicknell-bordighera/): Il Museo Bicknell di Bordighera si prepara a celebrare la figura del suo fondatore con un nuovo e prestigioso appuntamento culturale. - [Two events, Bordighera and Tende](https://clarencebicknell.com/2-events/): Two events organised by Dssa Daniela Gandolfi, director of the Istituto Internazionale di Studi Liguri and the Museo Bicknell in Bordighera... - [Zoom call and AGM Tuesday 21 July 2026](https://clarencebicknell.com/zoom-call-and-agm-tuesday-21-july-2026/): Zoom call and AGM Tuesday 21 July at 3pm London time (4pm Italy, 10am USA east coast). - [Discovering the Museo Bicknell - July/August 2026](https://clarencebicknell.com/discovering_museo_bicknell/): Good initiative by the Museo Bicknell... - [Regina Margherita a Bordighera - Gisella Merello - book review](https://clarencebicknell.com/regina-margherita-a-bordighera-gisella-merello/): Bordighera, a beautiful town on the Italian Riviera between the French border at Menton and the bustling port of Genoa, has a rich culture and moments of grandeur. - [Clarence Bicknell honoured with medal of the Regione Liguria](https://clarencebicknell.com/clarence-bicknell-medal-liguria/): Next Saturday 20 June 2026 at a conference on the protection of the environment in Savona near Genoa, Marcus Bicknell will receive on Clarence Bicknell's behalf the medal of the Regione Liguria. - [Subscribe](https://clarencebicknell.com/subscribe/): Please sign up for our newsletter, about four a year. Information is primarily in English with some items also shown in French or in Italian. - [Graham Avery - 1943-2026 RIP](https://clarencebicknell.com/graham-avery-1943-2026-rip/): I am sad to tell you that Graham Avery has died. - [Intesa Duo on Radio 4 - May 2026](https://clarencebicknell.com/intesa-duo-on-radio-4-may-2026/): The fascinating and quixotic Intesa Duo made their first appearance on mass media on Thursday 21 May... BBC Radio 4 In Tune programme... - [Discovering Clarence](https://clarencebicknell.com/discovering-clarence/): I've been working on Clarence, his collection, his web site, on research papers about him, the book and the film, since 1988 on and off, since 2013 seriously. - [Visual Theology Symposium - Marcus's paper](https://clarencebicknell.com/visual_theology_paper/): I was honoured to speak at The Visual Theology Symposium, at Southwell, Nottingham, on 9th May 2026. - [Clarence at the Cookham Festival - exhibition and talk](https://clarencebicknell.com/clarence-at-the-cookham-festival-exhibition-and-talk/): Do please watch the introductory selfie video by Marcus on "Clarence Bicknell at the Cookham Festival". - [Clarence Bicknell hymn tune](https://clarencebicknell.com/clarence-bicknell-hymn-tune/): Clarence Bicknell wrote music. So its appears. You can hear his hymn tune "Come. - [Visual Theology Symposium, May 2026](https://clarencebicknell.com/visual-theology-symposium-may-2026/): I have been invited to present a paper at a conference on Visual Theology near Nottingham on 9th May 2026. - [Giandomenico Padovan - Le Venezie Watercolor Festival, October 2026](https://clarencebicknell.com/giandomenico-padovan-le-venezie-watercolor-festival/): We have been working hard to prepare the exhibition of Clarence Bicknell's botanical water-colours at Le Venezie Watercolor Festival, at the historical medieval City Palace Palazzo dei Trecento in Treviso, Italy, 17 October - 1 November 2026. - [Reactions to Clarence's exhibits in Cambridge](https://clarencebicknell.com/clarence-in-cambridge/): Great reactions to Clarence's exhibits in Cambridge, open till 21 March. Below are photos from my cousin Nick Ray, thank you. - [Muriel de Burgh Daly - Journal de Bordighera and the Tea Rooms](https://clarencebicknell.com/muriel_de_burgh_daly/): Jürgen Schlieszeit continues to research the hotels, buildings and villas of Bordighera, with precision and success. - [Did Clarence play football?](https://clarencebicknell.com/did-clarence-play-football/): We received an interesting enquiry from Gerson Maceri, "an Italian language teacher from Sanremo, a great lover of local history and an admirer of the work carried out in Bordighera by Mr Clarence. - [Clarence Bicknell in Cambridge - radio interview](https://clarencebicknell.com/clarence-bicknell-in-cambridge-radio-interview/): All three of the family's vellum-bound albums by Clarence Bicknell are being exhibited for the first time, in Cambridge U.K. in March 2026. - [Portraits of Renchi at 80](https://clarencebicknell.com/portraits-of-renchi-at-80/): On the occasion of the 80th birthday of one of Clarence’s greatest devotees, Renchi (Laurence) Bicknell, we publish here a photo gallery to rekindle wonderful memories of Renchi playing the role of his great grand uncle Clarence Bicknell in the 18-minute documentary biopic The Marvels of Clarence Bicknell: the film, in the evocative visual style of French director Rémy Masséglia, released in 2016. - [Renchi B. of Glastonbury](https://clarencebicknell.com/7285-2/) - [Clarence Bicknell ... in Chinese](https://clarencebicknell.com/clarence-bicknell-in-chinese/): As announced in the last few weeks, Le Venezie Watercolor Festival 17 October-1 November 2026, at the historical medieval City Palace Palazzo dei Trecento in Treviso, will feature a display exhibition of water-colours of Alpine flowers by Clarence Bicknell accompanied by one or two original vellum-bound albums, artefacts and text information panels.Read more at https://clarencebicknell.com/clarence-bicknell-botanical-art-at-le-venezie-watercolor-festival-2026/ The interest from the Chinese sponsors of this event Sheng Xinyu Art, headed by the highly-respected curator and expert Mr. - [Cookham Festival](https://clarencebicknell.com/cookham-festival-2026/): Welcome to this special page for those interested in the talk about Clarence Bicknell - preceded by a projection of the delightful 18-minute film MARVELS about him - on 7th May 2026 and about the exhibition of his art 7-15 May, both as part of the Cookham Festival in the Gantry House Barn in the village. - [Clarence Bicknell botanical art at Le Venezie Watercolor Festival 2026](https://clarencebicknell.com/clarence-bicknell-botanical-art-at-le-venezie-watercolor-festival-2026/): Le Venezie Watercolor Festival 17 October-1 November 2026, at the historical medieval City Palace Palazzo dei Trecento in Treviso, will feature a display exhibition of water-colours of Alpine flowers by Clarence Bicknell accompanied by one or two original vellum-bound albums, artefacts and text information panels. - [Clarence Bicknell's three exhibitions in 2026](https://clarencebicknell.com/3-exhibitions-2026/): Exhibition at the Wren Library, Trinity College, Cambridge, February 2026. We are delighted that the Wren Library, Trinity College, Cambridge. - [Sorcier & Friends at the Musée des Merveilles at Tende](https://clarencebicknell.com/7234-2/): Our friend Silvia Sandrone at the Musée des Merveilles in Tende continue to innovate and entertain the visitors there. - [Museo Bicknell and Vilnius University - Erasmus+ summer internships](https://clarencebicknell.com/vilnius_university_exchanges/): The Clarence Bicknell Association offers its congratulations to Dssa. - [Edward Berry - the English Bank in Bordighera](https://clarencebicknell.com/edward-berry-the-english-bank-in-bordighera/): I was recently ask by Jürgen Schlieszeit of Bordighera, researcher into the villas and buildings in the town, whether it is possible that Edward Berry never ran a bank in Bordighera, but only a real estate agency, a luggage storage and removal service, and the agency for the tour operator Thomas Cook & Sons? - [Clarence Bicknell prints for year-end gifts](https://clarencebicknell.com/clarence-bicknell-prints-for-year-end-gifts/): Those wonderful botanical watercolours by Clarence Bicknell, from his 1906 Casa Fontanalba Visitors' Book, are on sale at the Woodland Trust online shop. - [Clarence triggers interest in Nottingham](https://clarencebicknell.com/clarence-triggers-interest-in-nottingham/): https://www.artculturetourism.co.uk/post/clarence-bicknell-the-victorian-polymath-and-nottingham My article (link above) about Clarence for Art Culture Tourism, Marysia Zipser's Nottingham-oriented blog has had some very positive response, thank you. - [New page for Clarence's father](https://clarencebicknell.com/new-page-for-clarences-father/): Interest from researchers has inspired me to add a page about Clarence's father Elhanan, accessible in the main menu of the web site. - [In Clarence's Footsteps - Elisabetta Massardo](https://clarencebicknell.com/in-clarences-footsteps-elisabetta-massardo/): Occasional pop-up photo exhibitions on www.clarencebicknell.com – number 3 Elisabetta Massardo Elisabetta Massardo is a mountain walker, photographer and botanist who spends her time in Genova and in Vernante, an Alpine village on the Via del Tenda (which dates from the Roman times) at 800 m above sea level. - [Jane Winter and Will Arnold-Forster, Ka Cox](https://clarencebicknell.com/jane-winters-and-will-arnold-forster-ka-cox/): I received an interesting email from London resident Jane Winter, member of the Clarence Bicknell Association, today. Can you help her in her research? - [Subscribe to our newsletter](https://clarencebicknell.com/subscribe-to-our-newsletter/) - [Cypripedium calceolus and Elisabetta Massardo](https://clarencebicknell.com/cypripedium-calceolus-and-elisabetta-massardo/): We are privileged to be able to publish a recent and rare photo of Cypripedium calceolus - known in English as Lady's Slipper. - [Parmurelu d’Oru to Giuseppe Bessone](https://clarencebicknell.com/parmurelu-doru-to-giuseppe-bessone/): Independent award in Bordighera, Italy, for services to culture. The Little Golden Palm Leaf. - [Sulle orme di Clarence: Valentina Pulinetti](https://clarencebicknell.com/sulle-orme-di-clarence-valentina-pulinetti/): Valentina Pulinetti, giovane fotografa naturalista autodidatta pluripremiata, condivide la grande passione di Clarence per la natura. - [In Clarence’s Footsteps: Valentina Pulinetti](https://clarencebicknell.com/in-clarences-footsteps-valentina-pulinetti/): Valentina Pulinetti Valentina Pulinetti, a young self-taught award-winning nature photographer, shares Clarence's great passion for nature. - [The Marvels of Clarence Bicknell – and Mystery](https://clarencebicknell.com/mystery_of_his_reputation/): The positive aspects of my working on Clarence's promotion were exposed in my article in Riviera Buzz at https://riviera-buzz.com/features/local-buzz/item/clarence-bicknell-the-victorian-polymath-of-the-riviera.html. - [In Clarence’s Footsteps: Maria Pia Luly Jones](https://clarencebicknell.com/maria-pia-luly-jones/): Occasional pop-up photo exhibitions on www.clarencebicknell.com - number 1 Maria Pia Luly Jones Those who love wild flowers, the Alps, nature in general and fine photography are very happy to be able to browse a nice display online. - [Clarence's watercolours and the Museo Bicknell in the news](https://clarencebicknell.com/museo-bicknell-in-the-news/): I just wrote "Well done Daniela, Claudio, Maria Pia and all the team. What a great success last Saturday: look at the press coverage... - [City of Genoa Medal for Marcus Bicknell and Clarence](https://clarencebicknell.com/genova_press_22april2025/): I have translated into English today's article in the Giornale del Piedmonte e della Liguria 22 aprile 2025 – pagina 13 - in the hope this might be of interest to the Clarence Bicknell faithful. - [Events in Italy, April 2025](https://clarencebicknell.com/events-in-italy-april-2025/): Marcus Bicknell is invited to Italy for three events, and France for one, in April 2025 Wed 23 April Genova Award of the Medal of the City of Genoa by Acting Deputy Mayor, Pietro Piciocchi, St. - [Dossiers d'Archéologie - Bicknell et encore des merveilles](https://clarencebicknell.com/dossiers-darcheologie-merveilles-avril-2025/): J'étais content ce matin de recevoir une copie des Dossiers d'Archéologie N ° 428, Mars-Avril 2025 . Merveilleux. - [Clarence water-colours sold at auction, Sept 2024](https://clarencebicknell.com/clarence-water-colours-sold-at-auction-sept-2024/): The earliest known album of water-colours by the genial Victorian polymath Clarence Bicknell (1842-1918) was sold at auction on Saturday 14th September 2024 for £3600 (that's $4,750 dollars or €4,275 euros). - [More alpine flower water-colours on sale](https://clarencebicknell.com/more-water-colours-on-sale/): A further 33 flowers have been uploaded to our new web-shop at www.clarencebicknell.com/shop, and are available for immediate shipment worldwide from the UK. - [Please give... heat exchange unit for the Museo Bicknell](https://clarencebicknell.com/please-give-heat-exchange-unit-for-the-museo-bicknell/): We received the email below from Daniela Gandolfi, Director of the Istituto Internazionale di Studi Liguri, owners of the Museo Bicknell in Bordighera. - [Association meeting report](https://clarencebicknell.com/association-meeting-report/): The Clarence Bicknell Association holds meetings every six months which are attended by committee members and by Companions of the Association. - [Nino Lamboglia e la Salvaguardia del Patrimonio Artistico negli anni del Seconda Guerra Mondiale](https://clarencebicknell.com/nino-lamboglia-secondo-guerra-mondiale/): Following the publication Georgio Tribbioli's video account of his family's involvement in protecting the contents of the Museo Bicknell in World War II, Dssa. - [Giorgio Tribbioli – il salvataggio del Museo Bicknell nella Seconda Guerra Mondiale](https://clarencebicknell.com/giorgio-tribbioli-il-salvataggio-del-museo-bicknell/): Nel novembre 2024, abbiamo sentito parlare da Tim Leach della famiglia Tribbioli/Taggiasco e del Museo Bicknell. - [Giorgio Tribbioli - saving the contents of the Museo Bicknell in WWII](https://clarencebicknell.com/giorgio-tribbioli-saving-museo-bicknell/): On November 2024 we heard from Tim Leach about the family Tribbioli/Taggiasco and the Museo Bicknell. - [Bordighera British in 1907](https://clarencebicknell.com/bordighera-british-in-1907/): Charles Quest Ritson, expert writer on gardens and the Riviera, sent me a fascinating insight into the British in Bordighera in 1907. - [Clubfoot of the Vallée des Merveilles](https://clarencebicknell.com/clubfoot-of-the-vallee-des-merveilles/): We published in 2019 on https://www.clarencebicknell.com papers by the archaeologist Jules Masson Mourey and we thank him for his permission to do so. - [Tim Leach, the family Tribbioli/Taggiasco and the Museo Bicknell](https://clarencebicknell.com/tim-leach-the-family-tribbioli-taggiasco-and-the-museo-bicknell/): We were delighted this week to receive a video from our friend Tim Leach in Tende, the resting place of another friend, Clarence Bicknell. Tim wrote "Hi Marcus! - [2-for-1 offer on Clarence Bicknell prints](https://clarencebicknell.com/two-for-one/): The full-size prints of the Clarence Bicknell Alpine flower water-colours make fine Thanksgiving, year-end or birthday presents and are a great investment too. - [Arthur Evans and the rock engravings](https://clarencebicknell.com/6337-2/): Arthur Evans, Clarence Bicknell, and the rock engravings in the Maritime Alps We are pleased to publish here, in November 2024, the latest research paper by Graham Avery, Vice-Chairman of the Clarence Bicknell Association and diligent researcher into Clarence. - [Clarence's online distribution deal](https://clarencebicknell.com/clarences-online-distribution-deal/): We are delighted to announce that Clarence Bicknell's celebrity-signed wild flower watercolour prints are now available for purchase on the most significant online shop for high quality prints... - [Clarence's father and The Blue Rigi](https://clarencebicknell.com/clarences-father-and-the-blue-rigi/): This is a note from Selby Whittingham on Turner's The Blue Rigi in a forthcoming book on Turner, which will also reproduce one of the Whaler pictures. - [Celebrity-signed prints of Bicknell art](https://clarencebicknell.com/celebrity-signed-prints-of-bicknell-art/): The Clarence Bicknell Association announces a campaign to raise funds for the Woodland Trust from the sale of celebrity-signed prints of fine-art-reproduction watercolours by the Victorian polymath, botanist and artist Clarence Bicknell. - [Amici Hanbury, Bicknell and Garrick](https://clarencebicknell.com/amici-hanbury-bicknell-and-garrick/): Some 40 eminent members of the Amici dei Giardini Botanici Hanbury visit London in May 2024 to see the Chelsea Flower Show. - [Celebrity signatures for Clarence](https://clarencebicknell.com/celebrity-signatures-for-clarence/): May 2024, and our new online shop has just been launched. Click on Shop above. - [Celebrity flower prints seek retail outlets](https://clarencebicknell.com/celebrity-flower-prints-seek-retail-outlets/): The Woodland Trust and the Clarence Bicknell Association announce a campaign to raise funds for the Woodland Trust from the sale of celebrity-signed prints of flower watercolours by the Victorian polymath, botanist and artist Clarence Bicknell. - [Clarence helps today's woodlands](https://clarencebicknell.com/clarence-helps-todays-woodlands/): The Clarence Bicknell Association, the Woodland Trust UK https://www.woodlandtrust.org.uk, writer Frederick Forsyth and broadcaster Clive Anderson, President of the Woodland Trust, have made a preliminary announcement of their joint campaign to raise several tens of thousands of pounds for the Woodland Trust's objective to protect woods and trees, preventing the loss of irreplaceable habitat, nature and carbon stores for a healthier future for everyone. - [Revision to Casa Fontanalba Excel sheet](https://clarencebicknell.com/revision-to-casa-fontanalba-excel-sheet/): On 21st February 2024 I made a revision to the spreadsheet listing all the watercolours and the people who signed the Casa Fontanalba Visitors' Book. - [Halima Cassell and Clarence's symmetrical watercolours](https://clarencebicknell.com/halima-cassell-and-clarences-symmetrical-watercolours/): Celebrated artist/sculptor Halima Cassell talks about her love of Clarence's symmetrical botanical watercolours which are hidden away in the archive of the Fitzwillia m Museum in Cambridge University. - [Clarence Bicknell - geologist](https://clarencebicknell.com/clarence-bicknell-geologist/): The more research is done on Clarence Bicknell, the more we find out about his achievements. - [Clarence Bicknell's artistic family](https://clarencebicknell.com/clarence-bicknells-artistic-family/): I was recently given the okay to scan some photos in the colection of the late Mark Bicknell, my cousin, of Nettlebed. - [New papers: Daniela Gandolfi, Giovanni Russo](https://clarencebicknell.com/new-papers-daniela-gandolfi-giovanni-russo/): We are delighted to publish here three papers of interest to our readers and important as resources on our web site for researchers to find in a web search. - [Clarence a Genova mostra e convegni, fine 2023](https://clarencebicknell.com/clarence-a-genova-mostra-e-convegni-fine-2023/): Siamo lieti di annunciare una grande mostra che coinvolge Clarence Bicknell e il suo amico Prof. Arturo Issel a Genova dal 25 novembre 2023 al 7 gennaio 2024. - [Articoli di Gisella Merello](https://clarencebicknell.com/articoli-di-gisella-merello/): Gisella Merello (storica, ricercatrice e scrittrice di Bordighera, e Compagna dell'Associazione Clarence Bicknell) ha onorato l'Associazione Clarence Bicknell chiedendoci di pubblicare su questo sito quattro dei suoi articoli, in italiano. - [Elhanan Bicknell, Turner and "The Whalers"](https://clarencebicknell.com/elhanan-bicknell-turner-and-the-whalers/): I enjoyed falling upon this excellent article by Sarah Monks of the University of East Anglia about Elhanan Bicknell, Clarence's father, and JMW Turner over The Whalers. - [New galleries of Clarence art](https://clarencebicknell.com/new-galleries-of-clarence-art/) - [Gallery - botanical works](https://clarencebicknell.com/gallery-botanical-works/): Clarence Bicknell moved to Italy in 1878. Though disenchanted with the church, Clarence had become enchanted by Bordighera, soon buying the Villa Rosa from Mrs. - [Bicknell and Bordighera in The Guardian](https://clarencebicknell.com/bicknell-and-bordighera-in-the-guardian/): Excerpt... set off in search of the largest Ficus macrophylla in western Europe. - [CHRONOS exhibition Genoa November 2023](https://clarencebicknell.com/chronos-exhibition-genoa-november-2023/): Announcing an innovative exhibition involving Clarence Bicknell ... - [Clarence Bicknell: A Revolution in Art. A talk in London October 5, 2-4pm](https://clarencebicknell.com/clarence-bicknell-a-revolution-in-art-london-oct5/): In April 2023 Marcus Bicknell and Selby Wittingham discussed Elhanan Bicknell’s early patronage of JMW Turner and more classical artists. - [l'Ambulatorio Municipale "Clarence Bicknell", Bordighera](https://clarencebicknell.com/lambulatorio-municipale-clarence-bicknell-bordighera/): Questa è una foto affascinante; Pier Rossi, Bordighera.net, grazie per la condivisione. - [AGM 18 July 2023](https://clarencebicknell.com/agm-18-july-2023/): The Annual General Meeting of the Clarence Bicknell Association will be held by Zoom on Tuesday 18 July 2023 at 15h UK (16h Bordighera, 10am EST). - [Clarence's Happy Families playing cards](https://clarencebicknell.com/clarences-happy-families-playing-cards/): The idea of the 2024 exhibition gives me the opportunity to root out creations by Clarence which have been lying in bottom drawers for 100 years. - [Clarence's watercolour at Cervo](https://clarencebicknell.com/clarences-watercolour-at-cervo/): During the visit of Francesca Boschieri to see the Bicknell collection of Clarence Bicknell images on 29 May, she and Patrizia Zanardi identified the location of one of Clarence Bicknell's wonderfully-light landscapes in pencil and watercolour. - [Boschieri Bicknell beatification](https://clarencebicknell.com/boschieri-bicknell-beatification/): We were at the presentation of the book The English in Liguria at the Italian Embassy in London on Thursday. - [Casa Fontanalba Visitors' Book - transcript completed](https://clarencebicknell.com/casa-fontanalba-visitors-book-transcript-completed/): The Casa Fontanalba Visitors' Book has proved to be a useful research tool. - [Talk on Clarence in London on 5th October 2023](https://clarencebicknell.com/talk-on-clarence-in-london-on-5th-october-2023/): My talk on Elhanan Bicknell (Clarence's father, whale oil tycoon and patron of many artists including J. M. W. - [Clarence's childhood home, and what happened to the house](https://clarencebicknell.com/clarences-childhood-home-and-what-happened-to-the-house/): I am delighted to see that Sharon O'Connor of the Dulwich Society www.dulwichsociety.com published back in 2020 a good essay on Elhanan Bicknell's house at Herne Hill. - [Elhanan Bicknell, Clarence's father, live in London](https://clarencebicknell.com/elhanan-bicknell-clarences-father-live-in-london/): We have just spent a pleasurable and stimulating day in London town presenting to the Kensington and Chelsea Over-50s Forum; beautifully run and in close harmony with the borough council. - [Clarence Bicknell Exhibition in The Guildhall London and Genova in 2024](https://clarencebicknell.com/clarence-bicknell-exhibition-in-the-guildhall-london-and-genova-in-2024/): The exhibition of botanical art and creations of Clarence Bicknell (1842-1918), as well as other UK-Italian themes, in the Guildhall Art Gallery during Q3 2024 presents exciting opportunities for sponsors, donors, and stakeholders to celebrate links with Italy. - [Clarence Bicknell – a video invitation](https://clarencebicknell.com/clarence-bicknell-a-video-invitation/): Clarence Bicknell - a video invitation to you from Marcus Bicknell to join the Clarence Bicknell Association - aimed primarily at Bicknells and the wider family in the USA, Europe and worldwide. - [Lychnis flos-jovis in The Children's Picture Book of Flowers,](https://clarencebicknell.com/lychnis-flos-jovis-in-the-childrens-picture-book-of-flowers/): Number 61 in our series of images by Clarence Bicknell. The Children's Picture Book of Flowers, an album of water colours by Clarence Bicknell. - [I have a whale or two on the canvas... Turner's letter to Elhanan Bicknell](https://clarencebicknell.com/i-have-a-whale-or-two-on-the-canvas-turners-letter-to-elhanan-bicknell/): The famous letter of 31 July 1845 from Joseph Mallord William Turner to his patron Elhanan Bicknell is up for sale again. - [The Chronology of Clarence's Life and Works](https://clarencebicknell.com/the-chronology-of-clarences-life-and-works/): We publish today the spreadsheet of every letter and drawing by Clarence in the Bicknell Family Collection. - [Please join our Association](https://clarencebicknell.com/please-join-our-association/): We love to be able to get the word about Clarence Bicknell out to as many people as possible; this Association has been successful in generating new research and organising events in France, Italy and the UK. - [The Journal de Bordighera (1883–1935) as a source for the study of the local climate](https://clarencebicknell.com/journal-de-bordighera-local-climate/): Tourists and meteorologists in the Italian Riviera: The Journal de Bordighera (1883–1935) as a source for the study of the local climate. - [2022 Accounts](https://clarencebicknell.com/2022-accounts/): The accounts of the Clarence Bicknell Association for 2022 are published today, 5 days after the end of the period. This is somewhat of a record speed. - [Reginald Farrer in the Alps 1899-1917 - by Graham Avery](https://clarencebicknell.com/reginald-farrer-in-the-alps-1899-1917-by-graham-avery/): We are pleased to publish here the new paper by Graham Avery on the celebrated botanist Reginald Farrer who crossed paths with Clarence Bicknell in the Italian Alps. - [Projection du film "Les Merveilles de Clarence Bicknell"](https://clarencebicknell.com/projection-du-film-les-merveilles-de-clarence-bicknell/): Message de notre amie Anne-Sophie Rousselot... - [Esperanto play "1910"](https://clarencebicknell.com/esperanto-play-1910/): Feel free to pass this info on to any who might be interested! - [Mairie de Tende - Fritz Mader](https://clarencebicknell.com/mairie-de-tende-fritz-mader/): L'image à Facebook de la Mairie de Tende me rappelle le recent papier de mon collègue Graham Avery au sujet de Fritz Mader (1872-1921) dont le père a construit sa maison à Tende, maintenant cette belle Mairie. ## Pages - [Association Documents](https://clarencebicknell.com/association-documents/): The Clarence Bicknell Association has a policy of transparency including the publication here, without password, of our accounts and of the minutes of our General Meetings. - [Subscribe](https://clarencebicknell.com/subscribe/): Please sign up for our newsletter, about four a year. Information is primarily in English with some items also shown in French or in Italian. - [Gallery - Landscapes](https://clarencebicknell.com/gallery-landscapes/): Clarence Bicknell is mostly known for his botanical watercolours like the Alpine flowers in the vellum-bound albums. - [In Clarence’s Footsteps: Maria Pia Luly Jones](https://clarencebicknell.com/in-clarences-footsteps-maria-pia-luly-jones/): Occasional pop-up photo exhibitions on www.clarencebicknell.com Number 1: Maria Pia Luly Jones Those who love wild flowers, the Alps, nature in general and fine photography are very happy to be able to browse a nice display online. - [Biography](https://clarencebicknell.com/biography/): The mini-biography below was written by Peter Bicknell in 1988 and has been on this page of the website since 2013. - [Celebrity-signed prints](https://clarencebicknell.com/celebrity-signed-prints/): The Clarence Bicknell Association announcd in spring 2024 a campaign to raise funds for the Woodland Trust from the sale of celebrity-signed prints of flower watercolours by the Victorian polymath, botanist and artist Clarence Bicknell. - [Shop](https://clarencebicknell.com/shop/): Welcome to the Clarence Bicknell shop launched in spring 2024. - [Checkout](https://clarencebicknell.com/checkout/) - [Cart](https://clarencebicknell.com/cart/) - [Gallery - the Fitzwilliam albums](https://clarencebicknell.com/gallery-the-fitzwilliam-albums/): Some of the most startling and innovative Clarence Bicknell's creations are in the seven albums in the Fitzwilliam Museum, University of Cambridge. - [Gallery - The Children’s Picture Book of Wild Plants](https://clarencebicknell.com/gallery-the-childrens-picture-book-of-wild-plants/): One of Clarence’s best illustrated albums, all of them bound in vellum (leather of a young deer, a 'kid') and provided empty by his niece Margaret Berry, is the The Children’s Picture Book of Wild Plants of 1908. - [Gallery - The Casa Fontanalba Visitors' Book](https://clarencebicknell.com/gallery-the-casa-fontanalba-visitors-book/): The original Visitors' Book of the Casa Fontanalba, Clarence's house at Casterino in the mountains above Bordighera, has 80 cartridge paper pages and is bound in vellum with leather decorative stitch work. - [Gallery - The Book of Guests in Esperanto](https://clarencebicknell.com/gallery-the-book-of-guests-in-esperanto/): Clarence Bicknell (1842-1918) created year-after-year hand-drawn vellum-bound albums all featuring the wild flowers of the area. - [Clarence Bicknell e il nostro amico in Italia](https://clarencebicknell.com/it/): Il sito web di Clarence Bicknell è disponibile in italiano, francese, inglese ed esperanto. - [Gallery - an assortment](https://clarencebicknell.com/gallery/) - [Book of Guests in Esperanto](https://clarencebicknell.com/book-of-guests-in-esperanto/): In 2022 the Bicknell family, with the support of Graham Avery, published an art reproduction of this exceptional work by Clarence Bicknell, and it is available for purchase on Amazon and at www.clarencebicknell.com/shop. - [Buy pado al paradizo in esperanto](https://clarencebicknell.com/buy-pado-al-paradizo-in-esperanto/): Pado al Paradizo. Clarence Bicknell kaj la Valo de la Mirindaĵoj by Christopher Chippindale Softback, 80 pages160x220mm, ISBN 978 88 96582 220. - [News & views](https://clarencebicknell.com/news-views/) - [Exhibitions](https://clarencebicknell.com/exhibitions/): The Clarence Bicknell Association has provided assistance in putting on exhibitions in the Museo Bicknell Bordighera, the Anglicana Bordighera, the Fitzwilliam Museum Cambridge, the Wren Library Trinity College Cambridge, the Musée des Merveilles in Tende, in Nice and in Genoa. - [Research](https://clarencebicknell.com/research/): Clarence seems to be adored by those that know about his work, as much for the character of the man (benefactor, charity worker, thinker, humanist, pacifist and esperantist) as for his work (botanist, artist, collector and archaeologist) . - [Payment](https://clarencebicknell.com/payment/): We welcome you warmly to membership of the Clarence Bicknell Association. - [Museums](https://clarencebicknell.com/museums/): Artefacts and records of Clarence Bicknell’s work can principally be seen in 5 museums in Italy, France and the UK… The museum was founded by Clarence Bicknell himself, in Bordighera in 1888 where he lived. - [Membership](https://clarencebicknell.com/membership/): We welcome you warmly to membership of the Clarence Bicknell Association. - [Elhanan Bicknell](https://clarencebicknell.com/elhanan-bicknell/): Elhanan Bicknell (21 December 1788–27 November 1861) was a successful London businessman and shipowner. - [Fund Raising](https://clarencebicknell.com/fund-raising/): One of the objectives of the Clarence Bicknell Association when it was set up in 2012 was to celebrate Clarence Bicknell's life and work on relevant occasions like the 2018 centenary of his death. - [Glastonbury 2018](https://clarencebicknell.com/glastonbury/): Renchi and Vanessa Bicknell projected the film The Marvels of Clarence Bicknell for the Glastonbury Positive Living Group on Thursday 15th November 2018 in Glastonbury Town Hall and and gave a talk about the incredible story of his Great Great Uncle, Clarence Bicknell. - [Events](https://clarencebicknell.com/events/): Le Venezie Watercolor Festival at the historical medieval City Palace Palazzo dei Trecento in Treviso, 17 October- 1 November 2026, will feature a display exhibition of water-colours of Alpine flowers by Clarence Bicknell accompanied by original vellum-bound albums, artefacts and text information panels. - [2018 Centenary](https://clarencebicknell.com/2018-centenary/): For those who know about Clarence Bicknell, especially in the area round Bordighera and the French-Italian Alps where they fall into the Mediterranean, he is a minor hero in the fields of archaeology, botany, art and idealism. - [Who we are](https://clarencebicknell.com/who-we-are/): We are a group of academics, researchers, archaeologists and art-lovers linked by a respect for Clarence's life achievements and output. - [Links](https://clarencebicknell.com/links/): This page provides contact details and web links for organisations who might be involved in remembering Clarence Bicknell. - [Documents](https://clarencebicknell.com/documents/): This page (called both Downloads and Documents) lists the papers available on this web site, including those referred to, and linked from, other pages on this site. - [Clarence Bicknell's home page](https://clarencebicknell.com/): Clarence Bicknell (1842-1918) was a man of letters, an artist, author, traveller, botanist, archaeologist, pastor, humanist and Esperantist. ## Products - [Buy a year's Membership of the Clarence Bicknell Association](https://clarencebicknell.com/product/membership/): Buy one year's membership to the Clarence Bicknell Association - get privileged discounts, updates and invitations - support our efforts. - [2059 Potentilla valderia](https://clarencebicknell.com/product/2059-potentilla-valderia/): Potentilla valderia. Botanical watercolour print by Clarence Bicknell. Ref. 2059 - [2056 Campanula spicata](https://clarencebicknell.com/product/2056-campanula-spicata/): Campanula spicata. Botanical watercolour print by Clarence Bicknell. Ref. 2056 - [2053 Digitalis ambigua](https://clarencebicknell.com/product/2053-digitalis-ambigua/): Digitalis ambigua. Botanical watercolour print by Clarence Bicknell. Ref. 2053 - [2052 Campanula pusilla](https://clarencebicknell.com/product/2052-campanula-pusilla/): Campanula pusilla. Botanical watercolour print by Clarence Bicknell. Ref. 2052 - [2051 Asperula hexphylla](https://clarencebicknell.com/product/2051-asperula-hexphylla/): Asperula hexphylla. Botanical watercolour print by Clarence Bicknell. Ref. 2051 - [2047 Leucanthemum coronopipolium](https://clarencebicknell.com/product/2047-leucanthemum-coronopipolium/): Leucanthemum coronopipolium. Botanical watercolour print by Clarence Bicknell. Ref. 2047 - [2044 Cirsium erisithales](https://clarencebicknell.com/product/2044-cirsium-erisithales/): Cirsium erisithales. Botanical watercolour print by Clarence Bicknell. Ref. 2044 - [2039 Campanula scheuchzeri](https://clarencebicknell.com/product/2039-campanula-scheuchzeri/): Campanula scheuchzeri. Botanical watercolour print by Clarence Bicknell. Ref. 2039 - [2055 Astrantia minor](https://clarencebicknell.com/product/2055-astrantia-minor/): Rhododendron ferrugineum. Botanical watercolour print by Clarence Bicknell. Ref. 2012. - [2054 Dianthus neglectus](https://clarencebicknell.com/product/2054-dianthus-neglectus/): Rhododendron ferrugineum. Botanical watercolour print by Clarence Bicknell. Ref. 2012. - [2037 Valeriana montana](https://clarencebicknell.com/product/2037-valeriana-montana/): Valeriana montana. Botanical watercolour print by Clarence Bicknell. Ref. 2037 - [2034 Ptarmica macrophylla](https://clarencebicknell.com/product/2034-ptarmica-macrophylla/): 2034 Ptarmica macrophylla Botanical watercolour print by Clarence Bicknell. Ref. 2014 - [2027 Myosotis silvatica](https://clarencebicknell.com/product/2027-myosotis-silvatica/): Myosotis silvatica. Botanical watercolour print by Clarence Bicknell. Ref. 2027 - [2022 Cardamine asarifolia](https://clarencebicknell.com/product/2022-cardamine-asarifolia/): Cardamine asarifolia. Botanical watercolour print by Clarence Bicknell. Ref. 2022 - [2021 Trollius europeaus](https://clarencebicknell.com/product/2021-trollius-europeaus/): Trollius europeaus. Botanical watercolour print by Clarence Bicknell. Ref. 2021 - [2014 Maianthemum bifolium](https://clarencebicknell.com/product/2014-maianthemum-bifolium/): Maianthemum bifolium. Botanical watercolour print by Clarence Bicknell. Ref. 2014 - [2009 Ranunculus pyrenaeus](https://clarencebicknell.com/product/2009-ranunculus-pyrenaeus/): Ranunculus pyrenaeus. Botanical watercolour print by Clarence Bicknell. Ref. 2009 - [2007 Liliastrum album](https://clarencebicknell.com/product/2007-liliastrum-album/): Liliastrum album. Botanical watercolour print by Clarence Bicknell. Ref. 2007 - [2041 Phyteuma halleri](https://clarencebicknell.com/product/2041-phyteuma-halleri/): Phyteuma halleri. Botanical watercolour print by Clarence Bicknell. Ref. 2041 - [2018 Lilium croceum](https://clarencebicknell.com/product/2018-lilium-croceum/): Lilium croceum. Botanical watercolour print by Clarence Bicknell. Ref. 2018 - [2017 Anemone narcissiflora](https://clarencebicknell.com/product/2017-anemone-narcissiflora/): Anemone narcissiflora. Botanical watercolour print by Clarence Bicknell. Ref. 2017 - [2016 Aquilegia atrata](https://clarencebicknell.com/product/2016-aquilegia-atrata/): Aquilegia atrata. Botanical watercolour print by Clarence Bicknell. Ref. 2016 - [2058 Rosa chavini](https://clarencebicknell.com/product/2058-rosa-chavini/): Rosa chavini. Botanical watercolour print by Clarence Bicknell. Ref. 2058 - [2057 Hieracium michelianum](https://clarencebicknell.com/product/2057-hieracium-michelianum/): Hieracium michelianum. Botanical watercolour print by Clarence Bicknell. Ref. 2057 - [2050 Trifolium alpestre & montanum](https://clarencebicknell.com/product/2050-trifolium-alpestre-montanum/): Trifolium alpestre & montanum. Botanical watercolour print by Clarence Bicknell. Ref. 2050 - [2048 Senecio auranticus](https://clarencebicknell.com/product/2048-senecio-auranticus/): Senecio auranticus. Botanical watercolour print by Clarence Bicknell. Ref. 2048 - [2046 Campanula alpestris](https://clarencebicknell.com/product/2046-campanula-alpestris/): Campanula alpestris. Botanical watercolour print by Clarence Bicknell. Ref. 2046 - [2045 Nigritella angustifolia](https://clarencebicknell.com/product/2045-nigritella-angustifolia/): Nigritella angustifolia. Botanical watercolour print by Clarence Bicknell. Ref. 2045 - [2043 Allium schoenoprasum](https://clarencebicknell.com/product/2043-allium-schoenoprasum/): Allium schoenoprasum. Botanical watercolour print by Clarence Bicknell. Ref. 2043 - [2042 Campanula stenocodon](https://clarencebicknell.com/product/2042-campanula-stenocodon/): 2042 Campanula stenocodon. Botanical watercolour print by Clarence Bicknell. Ref. 2042 - [2040 Dryas octopetala](https://clarencebicknell.com/product/2040-dryas-octopetala/): Dryas octopetala. Botanical watercolour print by Clarence Bicknell. Ref. 2040 - [2038 Arnica montana](https://clarencebicknell.com/product/2038-arnica-montana/): Arnica montana. Botanical watercolour print by Clarence Bicknell. Ref. 2038 - [2031 Phyteuma orbiculare & betonicaefolium](https://clarencebicknell.com/product/2031-phyteuma-orbiculare-betonicaefolium/): Phyteuma orbiculare & betonicaefolium. Botanical watercolour print by Clarence Bicknell. Ref. 2031. - [2029 Papaver alpinum](https://clarencebicknell.com/product/2029-papaver-alpinum/): Papaver alpinum. Botanical watercolour print by Clarence Bicknell. Ref. 2029. - [2026 Soldanella alpina](https://clarencebicknell.com/product/2026-soldanella-alpina/): Soldanella alpina. Botanical watercolour print by Clarence Bicknell. Ref. 2026. - [2025 Primula marginata & Intricata](https://clarencebicknell.com/product/2025-primula-marginata-intricata/): Primula marginata & Intricata. Botanical watercolour print by Clarence Bicknell. Ref. 2025. - [2023 Viola biflora](https://clarencebicknell.com/product/2023-viola-biflora/): Viola biflora. Botanical watercolour print by Clarence Bicknell. Ref. 2023. - [2019 Biscutella auriculata](https://clarencebicknell.com/product/2019-biscutella-auriculata/): Biscutella auriculata. Botanical watercolour print by Clarence Bicknell. Ref. 2019. - [2015 Senecio doronicum](https://clarencebicknell.com/product/2015-senecio-doronicum-2/): Senecio doronicum. Botanical watercolour print by Clarence Bicknell. Ref. 2015. - [2008 Gentiana 4 species](https://clarencebicknell.com/product/2008-gentiana-4-species/): Gentiana 4 species. Botanical watercolour print by Clarence Bicknell. Ref. 2008. - [2035 Phyteuma balbisii](https://clarencebicknell.com/product/2035-phyteuma-balbisii/): Phyteuma balbisii. Botanical watercolour print by Clarence Bicknell. Ref. 2035. - [2033 Aster alpinus](https://clarencebicknell.com/product/2033-aster-alpinus/): Rhododendron ferrugineum. Botanical watercolour print by Clarence Bicknell. Ref. 2033. - [2006 Fritillaria moggridgei](https://clarencebicknell.com/product/2006-fritillaria-moggridgei/): Fritillaria moggridgei. Botanical watercolour print by Clarence Bicknell. Ref. 2006. - [2049 Doronicum grandiflorum](https://clarencebicknell.com/product/2049-doronicum-grandiflorum/): Doronicum grandiflorum. Botanical watercolour print by Clarence Bicknell. Ref. 2049. - [2036 Dianthus inodorus](https://clarencebicknell.com/product/2036-dianthus-inodorus/): Dianthus inodorus. Botanical watercolour print by Clarence Bicknell. Ref. 2036. - [2032 Lilium martagon](https://clarencebicknell.com/product/2032-lilium-martagon/): Lilium martagon. Botanical watercolour print by Clarence Bicknell. Ref. 2032. - [2012 Rhododendron ferrugineum](https://clarencebicknell.com/product/2012-rhododendron-ferrugineum/): Rhododendron ferrugineum. Botanical watercolour print by Clarence Bicknell. Ref. 2012. - [2028 Trifolium alpinum](https://clarencebicknell.com/product/2028-trifolium-alpinum/): Trifolium alpinum. Botanical watercolour print by Clarence Bicknell. Ref. 2028. - [Sketch book or visitors’ book with blank pages](https://clarencebicknell.com/product/sketch-book-or-visitors-book-with-blank-pages/): 52 blank pages 265x340mm in portrait format, with embossed cover in simulated-leather card. Same outer cover as the Casa Fontanalba Visitors' Book - [Postcards, set of 10](https://clarencebicknell.com/product/postcards/): Postcards, set of 10 - [2030 Lychnis flos jovis](https://clarencebicknell.com/product/2030-lychnis-flos-jovis/): Botanical watercolour print by Clarence Bicknell. Ref. 2030 - [2005 Primula latifolia lar.](https://clarencebicknell.com/product/2005-primula-latifolia-lar/): Botanical watercolour print by Clarence Bicknell. Ref. 2005. - [Pado al Paradizo. Clarence Bicknell kaj la Valo de la Mirindaĵoj. In Esperanto.](https://clarencebicknell.com/product/pado-al-paradizo-clarence-bicknell-kaj-la-valo-de-la-mirindajoj-in-esperanto/): Pado al Paradizo is Christopher Chippindale's 1998 book translated into the universal langauage adopted by Clarence Bicknell - Esperanto. - [The Casa Fontanalba Visitors’ Book – life-size art reproduction](https://clarencebicknell.com/product/the-casa-fontanalba-visitors-book-life-size-art-reproduction/): This life-size facsimile reproduction was printed as part of the 2018 centenary celebration of Clarence Bicknell’s death. Clarence created this book for guests to sign when visiting his summer home in Casterino in the mountains above Bordighera. Every right hand page has a glorious watercolour of a wild plant. 60 images. - [2020 Aquilegia alpina](https://clarencebicknell.com/product/2020-aquilegia-alpina/): Botanical watercolour print by Clarence Bicknell. Ref. 2020. - [2024 Centaurea montana](https://clarencebicknell.com/product/2024-centaurea-montana/): Botanical watercolour print by Clarence Bicknell. Ref. 2024. - [2004 Fritillaria burnati](https://clarencebicknell.com/product/2004-fritillaria-burnati/): Botanical watercolour print by Clarence Bicknell. Ref. 2004. - [2010 Anthyllis montana](https://clarencebicknell.com/product/2010-anthyllis-montana/): Botanical watercolour print by Clarence Bicknell. Ref. 2010. - [2011 Gentiana lutea](https://clarencebicknell.com/product/gentiana-lutea/): Botanical watercolour print by Clarence Bicknell. Ref. 2011. - [2003 Pulsatilla alpina](https://clarencebicknell.com/product/pulsatilla-alpina/): Botanical watercolour print by Clarence Bicknell. Ref. 2003 - [2002 Tulipa australis](https://clarencebicknell.com/product/tulipa-australis/): Botanical watercolour print by Clarence Bicknell. Ref. 2002 - [2001 Athragene alpina](https://clarencebicknell.com/product/athragene-alpina/): Botanical watercolour print by Clarence Bicknell. Ref. 2001. - [2013 Caltha palustris](https://clarencebicknell.com/product/caltha-palustris/): Botanical watercolour print by Clarence Bicknell. Ref. 2013. - [MARVELS: The Life of Clarence Bicknell, Botanist, Archaeologist, Artist. Book by Valerie Lester](https://clarencebicknell.com/product/marvels-the-life-of-clarence-bicknell-botanist-archaeologist-artist-by-valerie-lester/): A treasure trove of research discoveries enlightens Valerie Lester’s biography of the captivating scientist and artist, Clarence Bicknell. Over 5 years, Lester pored over hundreds of newly-discovered letters, botanical watercolours and arts-and-crafts designs in archives including the Natural History Museum, the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge, the Conservatoire Botanique in Geneva and Genoa University. Every letter and diary entry provides Lester with Clarence’s voice; and each of his vellum-bound albums reveals drawings, watercolours and whimsical creations. The book’s text, supported by more than 200 images, gives remarkable insights into how and why this man strove for perfection in each subject he tackled. Stock of new books is held by the Clarence Bicknell Association but the amount available is low. It is unlikely we would reprint MARVELS so make sure you get your copy now. [comment]: # (Generated by Hostinger Tools Plugin)