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Archive Reference (shelfmark) NHD52-57

1. NHD52

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD52
Title:
Album of Chinese plant illustrations, covers only
Scope & Content:
Original binding for NHD52/1-50. See individual records 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 309 water-colour dra...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1800
Extent:
1 Item

2. NHD52-57

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD52-57
Title:
NHD52-57 Six volumes of plant illustrations comprising 309 watercolour drawings of Chinese plants, mostly flowering shoots natural size, sometimes wit ...
Scope & Content:
NHD52-57 Six volumes of plant illustrations comprising 309 watercolour drawings of Chinese plants, mostly flowering shoots natural size, sometimes with fruits, and usually with floral dissections drawn natural size and coloured. By Chinese artists c.1800. On quarto-size sheets, mostly about 1...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1799-1801
Extent:
263 items

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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

7. 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

8. 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

9. 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

10. 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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