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Archive Reference (shelfmark) NHD52-57

161. 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

162. 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

163. 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

164. NHD55/2

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD55/2
Title:
Illustration of an unidentified white flower plant. Artist(s): Unknown.
Scope & Content:
Illustration of an unidentified white flower plant Original inscriptions: 過岡龍 (front lower left in ink); 四月開 (reverse lower left in ink); Luo-kong-lung (reverse lower right in pencil) Further inscriptions: H. Sh. (front lower left in ink) Erect, greyish-brown branch, with few compound bi-pinn...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Chinese and English
Date Range:
c 1800
Extent:
1 Item

165. NHD55/3

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD55/3
Title:
Illustration of an unidentified pink flower plant. Artist(s): Unknown.
Scope & Content:
Illustration of an unidentified pink flower plant Original inscriptions: 山紅杏花 (front lower right in ink); Shan-hon-hing-fa (reverse lower right in pencil) Further inscriptions: H. Sh. (front lower left in ink) Flowering branch of an unidentified pink flower plant. One erect, green branch, wit...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Chinese and English
Date Range:
c 1800
Extent:
1 Item

166. NHD55/4

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD55/4
Title:
Chinese perfume plant. Artist(s): Unknown.
Scope & Content:
Chinese perfume plant Aglaia odorata Lour.; Meliaceae family Original inscriptions: 山米仔蘭 (front lower left in ink); 四月開 (reverse lower left in ink); Shan-mai-tsai-lán (reverse lower right in pencil) Further inscriptions: H. Sh. (front lower left in ink) One erect branch, densely leaved and w...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Chinese and English
Date Range:
c 1800
Extent:
1 Item

167. NHD55/5

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD55/5
Title:
Noble orchid. Artist(s): Unknown.
Scope & Content:
Noble orchid Cymbidium goeringii (Rchb.f.) Rchb.f.; Orchidaceae family Original inscriptions: 素心蘭 (front lower left in ink); 七月開 (reverse lower left in ink); Sou-sim-lan (reverse lower right in pencil) Further inscriptions: H. Sh. (front lower left in ink) Flowering pseudobulb of a noble orc...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Chinese and English
Date Range:
c 1800
Extent:
1 Item

168. NHD55/6

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD55/6
Title:
Illustration of an unidentified white flower plant. Artist(s): Unknown.
Scope & Content:
Illustration of an unidentified white flower plant Original inscriptions: 遇坑蛇 (front lower right in ink); 四月花 遇紅- 遇坑蛇 Luo-hang-shē (reverse lower right in pencil) Further inscriptions: W. Ch. (front lower left in ink) Erect, green branch with bi-pinnate elliptic leaves. Leaf blade has entire ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Chinese and English
Date Range:
c 1800
Extent:
1 Item

169. NHD55/7

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD55/7
Title:
Illustration of an unidentified pink flower plant. Artist(s): Unknown.
Scope & Content:
Illustration of an unidentified pink flower plant Original inscriptions: -黄皮仔 (front lower left in ink, first character unintelligible) Further inscriptions: H. Sh. (front lower left in ink) One erect branch with numerous alternate and opposite elliptic leaves. Leaf blade shows entire margins...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Chinese and English
Date Range:
c 1800
Extent:
1 Item

170. NHD55/8

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD55/8
Title:
Yellow Chrysanthemum. Artist(s): Unknown.
Scope & Content:
Yellow Chrysanthemum Chrysanthemum indicum L.; Asteraceae family Original inscriptions: 黄松針 (front lower right in ink, attached to page with nail) Further inscriptions: H. Sh. (front lower left in ink) Erect, green branches, with alternate, palmate with highly serrate margins leaves. Solitar...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Chinese and English
Date Range:
c 1800
Extent:
1 Item

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