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Collection Area Visual Arts Subject Cotton Trees

1. Photo 1228(13)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1228(13)
Title:
Forest Trees of India. No. 3. Bombax Heptaphylla—Cotton tree, Puchmurri [Pachmarhi], 'semul.' Photographer: Webber, Thomas Wingfield
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography View of a large cotton tree, growing at the edge of a field. With additional note: 'This noble lofty tree is common all over the Peninsula. It is remarkable for its great height and its buttressed stem. Its bright red flowers and its cotton pods from which pillows a...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1870
Extent:
1 item

2. Photo 1228(14)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1228(14)
Title:
Forest Trees of India. No. 4. Eriodendron anfractuosum, 'safed simul,' white cotton tree [and] Boswellia or Thurifera. Photographer: Webber, Thomas Wingfield
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Study of two trees in forest. With additional notes: 'Safed simul, white cotton tree. Flowers in Feby. before leaves appear. Timber light, used for toy making' and 'Boswellia or Thurifera, Salar,' common in CP, produces gum olileanum. Leafless in month of February.'...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1870
Extent:
1 item

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