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Collection Area Visual Arts Language Chinese

11. Add Or 5188

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 5188
Title:
Beheading. Artist(s): Unknown.
Scope & Content:
Beheading Original inscription: 十惡殺頭 (convicted of one of the ten great wrongs and beheaded) Depiction of a kneeling criminal about to be beheaded. One officer squats behind the criminal and hols his shoulder; a second officer is depicted lifting a sword. The criminal has the board of infamy t...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Chinese and English
Date Range:
1840-1860
Extent:
1 Item

12. Add Or 5189

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 5189
Title:
Capt. Anstruther. Transporting from and to prison. Artist(s): Unknown.
Scope & Content:
Capt. Anstruther. Transporting from and to prison Original inscription: 上囚赴解 (Carting the prisoner to a certain place) Depiction of two soldiers carrying a prisoner in a wooden cage. On the upper garnment of the left soldier, there are the characters "Brave of the Right Brigade", identifying h...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Chinese and English
Date Range:
1840-1860
Extent:
1 Item

13. NHD52/1

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD52/1
Title:
Winter daphne. Artist(s): Unknown.
Scope & Content:
Winter daphne. Daphne odora Thunb. Thymelaceaceae family. Original inscriptions: 瑞香花 (front lower right in ink); 瑞香花 Sheui-hwong-fā (reverse lower right in pencil) Further inscriptions: W. Ch. (front lower left in ink) Flowering branch of a winter daphne plant. Brown erect twig with a cluste...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Chinese and English
Date Range:
c 1800
Extent:
1 Item

14. NHD52/2

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD52/2
Title:
Illustration of an unidentified white flower plant. Artist(s): Unknown.
Scope & Content:
Illustration of an unidentified white flower plant Original inscriptions: 石 (front lower left in ink) Further inscriptions: Sheae-lot (front lower right in pencil) Erect light green twig with alternate green palmate leaves; right leaf showing signs of decay-brown edge. Panicle inflorescence o...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Chinese and English
Date Range:
c 1800
Extent:
1 Item

15. NHD52/3

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD52/3
Title:
Cape jasmine. Artist(s): Unknown.
Scope & Content:
Cape jasmine Gardenia jasminoides J. Ellis; Rubiaceae family Original inscriptions: 黄枝 (front lower left in ink); 四月開 (reverse lower left in ink); 黄枝 Wong-tchi (reverse lower right in pencil) Further inscriptions: H. Sh. (front lower left in ink); Gardenia florida (front lower right in penci...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Chinese and English
Date Range:
c 1800
Extent:
1 Item

16. NHD52/4

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD52/4
Title:
Epidendrum orchid. Artist(s): Unknown.
Scope & Content:
Epidendrum orchid. Epidendrum L.; Orchidaceae family Original inscriptions: 鳳尾蘭 (front lower right in ink); Fung-mei-lan (reverse lower right in pencil) Further inscriptions: H. Sh. (front lower left in ink); Epidendrum (front lower right in pencil) Depiction of an unidentified species of Ep...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Chinese and English
Date Range:
c 1800
Extent:
1 Item

17. NHD52/5

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD52/5
Title:
Cycad. Artist(s): Unknown.
Scope & Content:
Cycad Cycas revoluta Thunb.; Cycadaceae family Original inscriptions: 鳳尾草 (front lower right in ink); 鳳尾草 Feng-mei-tsow (reverse lower right in pencil) Further inscriptions: W. Ch. (front lower left in ink); Cycas revoluta (front lower right in pencil) Depiction of a female cycad plant. Thic...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Chinese and English
Date Range:
c 1800
Extent:
1 Item

18. NHD52/6

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD52/6
Title:
Crape myrtle flower. Artist(s): Unknown.
Scope & Content:
Crape myrtle flower Lagerstroemia indica L.; Lythraceae family Original inscriptions: 紅紫微花 (front lower right in ink); 紅紫微花 Hong-tzen-mei (reverse lower right in pencil) Further inscriptions: W. Ch. (front lower left in ink); Lagerstroemia indica (front lower right in pencil) Flowering branc...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Chinese and English
Date Range:
c 1800
Extent:
1 Item

19. NHD52/7

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD52/7
Title:
Illustration of an unidentified fruit tree. Artist(s): Unknown.
Scope & Content:
Illustration of an unidentified fruit tree Flowering branch of an unidentified fruit tree. Light green with brown protruding marks branch adorned with spiralling elliptic green leaves with dark green pinnate veins; few leaves are brown and smaller in size. Four terminal stellate flowers with wh...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Chinese and English
Date Range:
c 1800
Extent:
1 Item

20. NHD52/8

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD52/8
Title:
Red Azalea. Artist(s): Unknown.
Scope & Content:
Red Azalea Rhododendron L.; Ericaceae family Original inscriptions: 雙托紅杜鵑 (front lower left in ink); 四月開 (reverse lower left in ink); Sheung-tŏ-hong-tōw-keun (reverse lower right in pencil) Further inscriptions: H. Sh. (front lower left in ink); Azalea (front lower right in pencil) One grey/...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Chinese, English, and Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1800
Extent:
1 Item

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