• Title
  [Amaryllis and fuchsia], 1866 / Miss Fletcher
• Creator
  Miss Fletcher
• Call number
  SV*/Bot Aus/27
  
• Level of description
  Collection
• Date
  
  1866
• Type of material
  Graphic Materials, Drawings
• Reference code
  447178
• Physical Description
  Drawings - 27.5 x 19.1 cm. - Oval in shape, with rectangular extension at base containing dedication. Measured at highest and widest points - 1 watercolour and pencil drawing on card
  
• Source
  Presented by Miss Nellie Sanderson through G. A. Biddolph, 11 Sep 1928
• General note
  
  Remounted 1985
  Digital order no:a928633
• Signatures / Inscriptions
  
  "To Mrs Sanderson from Miss Fletcher, Sydney, N.S.W., 1866" -- inscribed in ink in rectangular extension below picture
  "`Rifleman', Amaryllis Hybrid, `Empereur'" -- flower names inscribed vertically along stems, from left to right
  "The first amaryllis / to flower in NSW. 1866 / Grown at Sir William MacArthurs / "Munderah" / Camden Park / Painted by Miss Fletcher was the School Mistress / at Menangle" -- inscribed in pencil on reverse
• Topic
  butterflies
  colonial art
  flowers
  

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