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NHD53/41
- Record Id:
- 041-003272531
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003272438
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100028181659.0x000b7f
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- NHD53/41
- Title:
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Illustration of an unidentified white flower plant. Artist(s): Unknown.
- Scope & Content:
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Illustration of an unidentified white flower plant
Further inscriptions: W. Ch. (front lower left in ink); Anonyma (reverse lower right in pencil)
Left branch: elongated, erect, brown-reddish branch, dividing in several green, smooth twigs, each adorned with green, opposite elliptic leaves, with entire margins and alternate golden veins. Corymb panicle inflorescence at the apex of each twig; most flowers still closed in green, small, globular buds; a few open. Blossomed flowers show stellate petals, with stellate yellow stamens, highly sketched. Lower left: dissected view of the flower corolla, with long yellow anthers between each petal; long pedicel with sepals and style and stigma. Right branch: possible twig bearing round fruit berries, mostly green, central berries white cream colour.
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Project / Collection:
- Natural History Drawings
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003272438
040-003272490
041-003272531 - 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
NHD53/41 : Illustration of an unidentified white flower plant. Artist(s): Unknown. - Hierarchy:
- 032-003272438[0002]/040-003272490[0041]/041-003272531
- 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:
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Medium: watercolour
Measurements: 29.2x33.2cm
- Material Type:
- Prints, Drawings and Paintings
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Subjects:
- Plants
- Places:
- China, Asia