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4751. NHD56/53

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD56/53
Title:
Cowslip Creeper. Artist(s): Unknown.
Scope & Content:
Cowslip Creeper Telosma cordata (Burm.f.) Merr.; Apocynaceae Original inscriptions: 夜香蘭 (front lower right in ink, attached to page with pin); Further inscriptions: H. Sh. (front lower left in ink); Pergularia odoratissima (front lower right in pencil) One pale brown vine, top left to top r...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Chinese and English
Date Range:
c 1800
Extent:
1 Item

4752. NHD56/54

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD56/54
Title:
Chinese redbud. Artist(s): Unknown.
Scope & Content:
Chinese redbud Cercis chinensis Bunge; Fabaceae family Original inscriptions: 紫荆(front lower left in ink); 三月開 (reverse lower left in ink); Tzeu-king (reverse lower right in pencil) Further inscriptions: H. Sh. (front lower left in ink) Woody, greyish branch, mostly glaborous, with a cluster...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Chinese, English, and Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1800
Extent:
1 Item

4753. NHD56/55

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD56/55
Title:
Peach. Artist(s): Unknown.
Scope & Content:
Peach Prunus persica (L.) Batsch; Rosaceae family Original inscriptions: 绯桃 (front lower right in ink); 绯桃 Fei-tow (reverse lower right in pencil) Further inscriptions: W. Ch. (front lower left in ink) Slender, brown-greyish branch, mostly glaborous, with only terminally clustered alternate...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Chinese and English
Date Range:
c 1800
Extent:
1 Item

4754. NHD56/56

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD56/56
Title:
Illustration of an unidentified white flower plant. Artist(s): Unknown.
Scope & Content:
Illustration of an unidentified white flower plant Original inscriptions: 红脚花 (front lower right in ink); Hong-Keuac-fa (front lower left in ink) Further inscriptions: W. Ch. (front lower left in ink) Flowering branch of an unidentified white flower plant. Slender, smooth, green-yellowish bra...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Chinese and English
Date Range:
c 1800
Extent:
1 Item

4755. NHD57

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD57
Title:
Album of Chinese plant illustrations, covers only
Scope & Content:
Original covers and binding of NHD57. See individual entries for NHD57/1-48 for contents. Inscribed on inner back cover: 'Wan Teheun' (perhaps name of artist or patron?). Individual watercolours removed from original covers in 2014. One of six volumes of plant illustrations comprising in all ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1800
Extent:
1 Item

4756. NHD57/1

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD57/1
Title:
Boxwood. Artist(s): Unknown.
Scope & Content:
Boxwood Buxus L.; Buxaceae family Original inscriptions: 黄楊木 (front lower right in ink); 黄楊 Wong-yeuon-nioue (reverse lower right in pencil) Further inscriptions: W. Ch. (front lower left in ink) Erect flowering branch of a boxwood tree. Light brown-reddish, nodose branch, with opposite, obl...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Chinese and English
Date Range:
c 1800
Extent:
1 Item

4757. NHD57/2

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD57/2
Title:
Illustration of an unidentified yellow flower plant. Artist(s): Unknown.
Scope & Content:
Illustration of an unidentified yellow flower plant Original inscriptions: 七葉蘭 (front lower left in ink); 二月開 (reverse lower left in ink); Tsat-yiep-lan (reverse lower right in pencil) Further inscriptions: H. Sh. (front lower left in ink) Erect, woody, nodose flowering branch of an unidentif...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Chinese and English
Date Range:
c 1800
Extent:
1 Item

4758. NHD57/3

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD57/3
Title:
Purple Chrysanthemum. Artist(s): Unknown.
Scope & Content:
Purple Chrysanthemum Chrysanthemum indicum L.; Asteraceae family Original inscriptions: Unintelligible Chinese character on front lower left in ink Further inscriptions: H. Sh. (front lower left in ink); Chrysanthemum indicum, rubrum (front lower right in pencil) Erect, slender, light green ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Chinese and English
Date Range:
c 1800
Extent:
1 Item

4759. NHD57/4

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD57/4
Title:
Illustration of an unidentified white flower plant. Artist(s): Unknown.
Scope & Content:
Illustration of an unidentified white flower plant Original inscriptions: 蟾蜍勒 (front lower left in ink) Flowering branch of an unidentified white flower plant. Widely branching out, dark brown branch, with sparse spines, and densely adorned with alternating oblanceolate pale green leaves; leaf...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Chinese and English
Date Range:
c 1800
Extent:
1 Item

4760. NHD57/5

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD57/5
Title:
Rubus. Artist(s): Unknown.
Scope & Content:
Rubus Rubus L.; Rosaceae family Original inscriptions: 鶯歌漢 (front lower right in ink, attached to page with pin); Further inscriptions: H. Sh. (front lower left in ink) Widely branching out, reddish brown branch, with sparse palmate leaves with dentate margins; mostly dark green, a few cris...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Chinese and English
Date Range:
c 1800
Extent:
1 Item