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NHD54/37
- Record Id:
- 041-003272582
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003272438
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100028181659.0x000bb2
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- NHD54/37
- Title:
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Illustration of an unidentified white-fuchsia flower plant. Artist(s): Unknown.
- Scope & Content:
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Illustration of an unidentified white-fuchsia flower plant
Original inscriptions: 亞婆錢 (front lower right in ink); A-po-tsin (reverse lower right in pencil)
Further inscriptions: W. Ch. (front lower left in ink)
One erect, grey woody branch, with upper smooth, green stem. Two compound bi-pinnate leaves, leaf blade elliptic with entire margins and alternate veins. Four erect spike inflorescences, densely adorned with opposite round buds. Bracts green, with pinnate dark green veins, with pale yellow borders. Lower right: dissected view of the buds, including one pair of round, green bracts; three elongated petals, white with fuchsia veins; one curling inward white pointy petal; one slender sinuous pistil, with a short pedicel, and a bundle of white stamens. Further below: a pair of pale orange, round bracts with longitudinal veins; one pointy pale orange petal, with a set of five reddish dots on its right; one thick, light green pedicel.
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Project / Collection:
- Natural History Drawings
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003272438
040-003272545
041-003272582 - Is part of:
- NHD52-57 : NHD52-57 Six volumes of plant illustrations comprising 309 watercolour drawings of Chinese plants, mostly flowering shoots natural…
NHD54 : Album of Chinese plant illustrations, covers only
NHD54/37 : Illustration of an unidentified white-fuchsia flower plant. Artist(s): Unknown. - Hierarchy:
- 032-003272438[0003]/040-003272545[0037]/041-003272582
- 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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- Appointment required to view these records. Please consult Asian and African Studies Print Room staff.
- Physical Characteristics:
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Medium: watercolour
Measurements: 30x33cm
- Material Type:
- Prints, Drawings and Paintings
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Subjects:
- Plants
- Places:
- China, Asia