Hard-coded id of currently selected item: . JSON version of its record is available from Blacklight on e.g. ??
Metadata associated with selected item should appear here...
NHD52/21
- Record Id:
- 041-003272460
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003272438
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100028181659.0x000b38
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- NHD52/21
- Title:
-
White Mountain Mussaenda. Artist(s): Unknown.
- Scope & Content:
-
White Mountain Mussaenda
Mussaenda L.; Rubiaceae family
Original inscriptions: 山白蝉(front lower left in ink); 四月開 (reverse lower left in ink); Shan-pae-shiem (reverse lower right in pencil)
Further inscriptions: H. Sh. (front lower left in ink); Mussaenda sp. (front lower right in pencil)
Flowering branch of a white coloured mussaenda plant, showing several secondary twigs growing laterally, each with dark green elliptic leaves. One leaf is shown decaying and wilting, brown edges. One terminal inflorescence on each twig; inflorescence characterised by one or two white, large, oblong and striated petaloid calycophyllis with pointy ends; a set of four to many smaller yellow buds sitting on green, leafy like sepals in the middle of the inflorescence. Central top inflorescence showing a cluster of small, bloomed yellow flowers and buds surrounded by five larger white petaloid calycophylls. Yellow flowers star-shaped with erect corollas. Lower left: depiction of individual dissected white calycophillis, green calix, and yellow flower corolla.
Any further details: Pencil underdrawings slightly visible.
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Project / Collection:
- Natural History Drawings
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003272438
040-003272439
041-003272460 - Is part of:
- NHD52-57 : NHD52-57 Six volumes of plant illustrations comprising 309 watercolour drawings of Chinese plants, mostly flowering shoots natural…
NHD52 : Album of Chinese plant illustrations, covers only
NHD52/21 : White Mountain Mussaenda. Artist(s): Unknown. - Hierarchy:
- 032-003272438[0001]/040-003272439[0021]/041-003272460
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: NHD52-57
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
- 1 Item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Chinese
English - Scripts:
- Not applicable
- Styles:
- Chinese school
- Start Date:
- 1799
- End Date:
- 1801
- Date Range:
- c 1800
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
Please request the physical items you need using the online collection item request form.
Digitised items can be viewed online by clicking the thumbnail image or digitised content link.
Readers who have registered or renewed their pass since 21 March 2024 can request physical items prior to visiting the Library by completing
this request form.
Please enter the Reference (shelfmark) above on the request form.If your Reader Pass was issued before this date, you will need to visit the Library in London or Yorkshire to renew it before you can request items online. All manuscripts and archives must be consulted at the Library in London.
This catalogue record may describe a collection of items which cannot all be requested together. Please use the hierarchy viewer to navigate to individual items. Some items may be in use or restricted for other reasons. If you would like to check the availability, contact our Reference Services team, quoting the Reference (shelfmark) above.
- User Conditions:
- Appointment required to view these records. Please consult Asian and African Studies Print Room staff.
- Physical Characteristics:
-
Medium: watercolour
Measurements: 29.5x33.5cm
- Material Type:
- Prints, Drawings and Paintings
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Subjects:
- Plants
- Places:
- China, Asia