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4631. NHD54/36

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD54/36
Title:
Illustration of an unidentified lilac flower plant. Artist(s): Unknown.
Scope & Content:
Illustration of an nidentified lilac flower plant Further inscriptions: W. Ch. (front lower left in ink); Anonyma (reverse lower right in pencil) Erect, light brown-greyish woody branch, dividing into three branchlets. Alternate and opposite elliptic green leaves along the full length of the b...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Chinese and English
Date Range:
c 1800
Extent:
1 Item

4632. NHD54/37

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD54/37
Title:
Illustration of an unidentified white-fuchsia flower plant. Artist(s): Unknown.
Scope & Content:
Illustration of an unidentified white-fuchsia flower plant Original inscriptions: 亞婆錢 (front lower right in ink); A-po-tsin (reverse lower right in pencil) Further inscriptions: W. Ch. (front lower left in ink) One erect, grey woody branch, with upper smooth, green stem. Two compound bi-pinna...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Chinese and English
Date Range:
c 1800
Extent:
1 Item

4633. NHD54/38

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD54/38
Title:
Cerbera. Artist(s): Unknown.
Scope & Content:
Cerbera Cerbera L.; Apocynaceae family Original inscriptions: 羊春杉 Kow-tchun (reverse lower right in pencil) Further inscriptions: W. Ch. (front lower left in ink) Brown-grey woody branchlet, with a cluster of spirally arranged leaves on the apex. Leaf blade narrowly elliptic, green to green-...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Chinese and English
Date Range:
c 1800
Extent:
1 Item

4634. NHD54/39

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD54/39
Title:
Japanese pittostorum. Artist(s): Unknown.
Scope & Content:
Japanese pittostorum Pittosporum tobira (Thunb.) W.T.Aiton; Pittosporaceae family Original inscriptions: 海桐 (front lower left in ink); 三月開 (reverse lower left in ink); Hoi-tung (reverse lower right in pencil) Further inscriptions: H. Sh. (front lower left in ink) Woody, light brown branch, d...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Chinese and English
Date Range:
c 1800
Extent:
1 Item

4635. NHD54/40

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD54/40
Title:
Honeysuckle. Artist(s): Unknown.
Scope & Content:
Honeysuckle Lonicera L.; Caprifoliaceae family Original inscriptions: -乾金銀花 (front lower right in ink, attached to page with pin; first character unintelligible) Further inscriptions: H. Sh. (front lower left in ink) Flowering twig of an orange-white honeysuckle plant. One, woody brown branc...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Chinese and English
Date Range:
c 1800
Extent:
1 Item

4636. NHD54/41

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD54/41
Title:
Hibiscus. Artist(s): Unknown.
Scope & Content:
Hibiscus Hibiscus L.; Malvaceae family Original inscriptions: 山芙蓉 (front lower left in ink); Sheui-fow-yong (reverse lower right in pencil) Further inscriptions: Hibiscus littoralis (front lower right in pencil) Brown, erect and nodose branchlet, with four obcordate leaves with entire margin...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Chinese and English
Date Range:
c 1800
Extent:
1 Item

4637. NHD54/42

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD54/42
Title:
Illustration of an unidentified white flower plant. Artist(s): Unknown.
Scope & Content:
Illustration of anunidentified white flower plant Original inscriptions: 鞋把葉 (front lower left in ink) Further inscriptions: H. Sh. (front lower left in ink) Thin, erect, brown branch, dividing laterally in two side branchlets. Branchlets with numerous alternate leaves; leaf blade elliptic wi...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Chinese and English
Date Range:
c 1800
Extent:
1 Item

4638. NHD54/43

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD54/43
Title:
Damnacanthus. Artist(s): Unknown.
Scope & Content:
Damnacanthus Damnacanthus C.F.Gaertn.; Rubiaceae family Original inscriptions: 對面勒 (front lower left in ink); 四月開 (reverse lower left in ink); Toui-mien-lae (reverse lower right in pencil) Further inscriptions: H. Sh. (front lower left in ink) Woody, nodose, rough brown branch, with several ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Chinese and English
Date Range:
c 1800
Extent:
1 Item

4639. NHD54/44

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD54/44
Title:
Hare Foot Uraria. Artist(s): Unknown.
Scope & Content:
Hare Foot Uraria Uraria lagopodoides (L.) DC; Fabaceae family Original inscriptions: 狗尾豆 (front lower right in ink); Kow-mi-tsow (reverse lower right in pencil) Further inscriptions: W. Ch. (front lower left in ink) Erect, reddish, smooth and slender branch with alternate odd-pinnate compoun...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Chinese and English
Date Range:
c 1800
Extent:
1 Item

4640. NHD54/45

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD54/45
Title:
Illustration of an unidentified white-fuchsia flower plant. Artist(s): Unknown.
Scope & Content:
Illustration of an unidentified white-fuchsia flower plant Further inscriptions: H. Sh. (front lower left in ink) Brown, smooth and slender stems with clustered, elliptic green leaves with entire margins. Solitary flowers stemming from the leaves clusters; brown pedicels with pale grey sepals;...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Chinese and English
Date Range:
c 1800
Extent:
1 Item