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NHD52/22
- Record Id:
- 041-003272461
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003272438
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100028181659.0x000b39
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- NHD52/22
- Title:
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Illustration of a Pimwheel flower. Artist(s): Unknown.
- Scope & Content:
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Illustration of a Pimwheel flower
Tabernaemontana divaricata (L.) R. Br. Ex Roem. & Schult.; Apocynaceae family
Further inscriptions: H. Sh. (front lower left, in ink); Nerium divaricatum (front lower right in pencil)
Flowering branch of a white pinwheel plant. Nodose light brown branching twig, each twig with opposite elliptic green leaves stemming from the nodes. Corymb inflorescences stemming from nodes. Flowers tubular, with numerous elongated petals, arranged in layers; few elongated buds. Lower left: dissected illustration of the flower corolla, outer petals are white with greenish veins, the green pedicel with the white pistil, and the inner layer of the corolla with the stamens.
Any further details: Right side of the page is cut. White paint partly oxidised.
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Project / Collection:
- Natural History Drawings
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003272438
040-003272439
041-003272461 - 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
NHD52/22 : Illustration of a Pimwheel flower. Artist(s): Unknown. - Hierarchy:
- 032-003272438[0001]/040-003272439[0022]/041-003272461
- 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:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Appointment required to view these records. Please consult Asian and African Studies Print Room staff.
- Physical Characteristics:
-
Medium: watercolour
Measurements: 30.5x34cm
- Material Type:
- Prints, Drawings and Paintings
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Subjects:
- Plants
- Places:
- China, Asia