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4641. NHD54/46

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD54/46
Title:
White Peony. Artist(s): Unknown.
Scope & Content:
White Peony Paeonia L.; Paeoniaceae family Original inscriptions: 白牡丹 (front lower left in ink); Pae-moo-tae (reverse lower right in pencil) Further inscriptions: H. Sh. (front lower left in ink) Flowering branch of a white peony plant. Woody, light brown rugose branch, with upper green smoo...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Chinese and English
Date Range:
c 1800
Extent:
1 Item

4642. NHD54/47

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD54/47
Title:
Rose Myrtle. Artist(s): Unknown.
Scope & Content:
Rose Myrtle Rhodomyrtus tomentosa (Aiton) Hassk.; Myrtaceae family Original inscriptions: 鳥拈 (front lower right in ink) Further inscriptions: H. Sh. (front lower left in ink); Myrtus tomentosa (front lower right in pencil) Tomentose brown branchlets, densely leaved. Leaves opposite, dark gre...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Chinese and English
Date Range:
c 1800
Extent:
1 Item

4643. NHD54/48

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD54/48
Title:
Peach. Artist(s): Unknown.
Scope & Content:
Peach Prunus persica L. Batsch; Rosaceae family Original inscriptions: 飛桃 (front lower left in ink); 三月開 (reverse lower left in ink); Sheae-yiep-fa (reverse lower right in pencil) Further inscriptions: H. Sh. (front lower left in ink); Amygdalus persica plena (front lower right in pencil) Wo...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Chinese and English
Date Range:
c 1800
Extent:
1 Item

4644. NHD54/49

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD54/49
Title:
Illustration of an unidentified white flower plant. Artist(s): Unknown.
Scope & Content:
Illustration of an unidentified white flower plant Original inscriptions: 錫葉 (front lower right in ink); 錫葉 (reverse lower right in pencil) Further inscriptions: W. Ch. (front lower left in ink) Erect, woody, light brown, nodose branch, with opposite and alternate elliptic green leaves; leaf ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Chinese and English
Date Range:
c 1800
Extent:
1 Item

4645. NHD54/50

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD54/50
Title:
Red hypericum. Artist(s): Unknown.
Scope & Content:
Red hypericum Hypericum Tourn. ex L.; Hypericaceae family Original inscriptions: 山鐵极海棠 (front lower right in ink); Shan-teit-tchi-hoi-tang? (reverse lower right in pencil) Further inscriptions: W. Ch. (front lower left in ink); Hypericum sp. (front lower right in pencil) Erect dark green twi...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Chinese and English
Date Range:
c 1800
Extent:
1 Item

4646. NHD54/51

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD54/51
Title:
Illustration of an unidentified white flower plant. Artist(s): Unknown.
Scope & Content:
Illustration of an unidentified white flower plant Further inscriptions: H. Sh. (reverse) Cluster of basal lanceolate, green leaves with serrate margins, pale yellow underside. A thick light brown-yellowish roots, with many hairy rootlets. Two flowering stems, with terminal pendulous corymb fl...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Chinese and English
Date Range:
c 1800
Extent:
1 Item

4647. NHD54/52

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD54/52
Title:
Illustration of an unidentified red flower plant. Artist(s): Unknown.
Scope & Content:
Illustration of an unidentified red flower plant Original inscriptions: 創刀- (front lower right in ink; third character unintelligle); Tcheuong-tow-yeuae (front lower right in pencil) Further inscriptions: W. Ch. (front lower left in ink) Flowering branch of an unidentified pale red flower pla...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Chinese and English
Date Range:
c 1800
Extent:
1 Item

4648. NHD54/53

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD54/53
Title:
Illustration of an unidentified purple flower plant. Artist(s): Unknown.
Scope & Content:
Illustration of an unidentified purple flower plant Original inscriptions: 岡拈 (front lower left in ink) Flowering branch of a unidentified purple flower plant. Erect, brown-greyish branch smooth on lower half, and reddish brown, hairy on upper half, with clustered dark green leaves. Leaf blade...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Chinese and English
Date Range:
c 1800
Extent:
1 Item

4649. NHD55

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD55
Title:
Album of Chinese plant illustrations, covers only
Scope & Content:
Original covers and binding of NHD55. See individual entries for NHD55/1-47 for contents. Inscribed on the inner back cover in pencil (in Latin): 'This book contains fifty pictures'. Individual watercolours removed from original covers in 2014. One of six volumes of plant illustrations compr...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1800
Extent:
1 Item

4650. NHD55/1

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD55/1
Title:
Orchid. Artist(s): Unknown.
Scope & Content:
Orchid Orchidaceae family Original inscriptions: 雞及 (front lower right in ink); 玄及 (front lower right in pencil); 雞及 (reverse lower right in pencil) Further inscriptions: W. Ch. (front lower left in ink); Orchidea (reverse lower right in pencil) Flowering bulb of an unidentified orchid plant...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Chinese and English
Date Range:
c 1800
Extent:
1 Item