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NHD53/34
- Record Id:
- 041-003272524
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003272438
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100028181659.0x000b78
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- NHD53/34
- Title:
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Scarlet milkweed. Artist(s): Unknown.
- Scope & Content:
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Scarlet milkweed
Asclepias curassavica L.; Asclepiadaceae family
Further inscriptions: W. Ch. (front lower left in ink); Asclepias curassavica (reverse lower right in pencil)
Flowering branch of a scarlet milkweed plant. One erect twig with opposite oblanceolate leaves; dark green with alternate golden veins, entire margins. Two umbellate inflorescences stem out laterally; on the left nine round red buds, closed petals showing from thin and narrow light green stellate sepals. On the right: five bloomed flowers, three front-facing, two-laterally facing. Front-facing: two sets of petals, one set dark red and one pale orange. Laterally-facing: showing pale orange petals erect, and red petals pendulous. Pale yellow anthers visible on top of the pale orange petals. Lower left: dissected view of the flower, including five red petals, five pale orange petals, style and four sets of two orange stamens with dark anthers, pedicel with long, thin, light green bracts.
Any further details: Pencil underdrawings and sketches visible.
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Project / Collection:
- Natural History Drawings
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003272438
040-003272490
041-003272524 - Is part of:
- NHD52-57 : NHD52-57 Six volumes of plant illustrations comprising 309 watercolour drawings of Chinese plants, mostly flowering shoots natural…
NHD53 : Album of Chinese plant illustrations, covers only
NHD53/34 : Scarlet milkweed. Artist(s): Unknown. - Hierarchy:
- 032-003272438[0002]/040-003272490[0034]/041-003272524
- 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:
- 1800
- End Date:
- 1800
- 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: 29.5x32.7cm
- Material Type:
- Prints, Drawings and Paintings
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Subjects:
- Plants
- Places:
- China, Asia