painting
- Museum number
- 1913,0208,0.75
- Description
-
Opaque watercolour painting on mica of a Datura metel plant. The plant is shown growing up from the base of the painting with a single stem which branches out into two leafy stems and one flower. The flower has white petals in a trumpet shape. Two flower buds are shown on one of the stems. The plant is depicted against a low buff foreground and uncoloured background.
- Production date
- 1850 (circa)
- Dimensions
-
Height: 15 centimetres
-
Width: 10.50 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- Dallapiccola 2010:
This painting is from a collection of forty-two opaque watercolour paintings on mica (1913,0208,0.37-78).. The paintings are of plants depicted against a low buff foreground and uncoloured background. The collection was originally bound in four albums which have since been unbound and the individual paintings have been removed and remounted. The identification of the plants was assisted by Dr H. J. Noltie, Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1913
- Department
- Asia
- Registration number
- 1913,0208,0.75