[Flannel flowers] / watercolour drawing by Ellis Rowan

SV*/Bot Aus/14

fonds

No date

Graphic Materials, Watercolours

446150

Copy print : SV*/Bot Aus/14
Available on open access in the Mitchell Library Reading Room

Drawings - 1 watercolour drawing mounted on card - 38 x 18.8 cm. (image) ; 40.9 x 21.4 cm. (card)

Marian Ellis Rowan (nee Ryan), born in Melbourne, was a natural history and botanical artist who painted more species of Australian and international flora than other artists of her era. -- Reference: "The Flower Hunter - Ellis Rowan", National Library of Australia website, online March 2005.

The work is not titled or dated.
The latin name for flannel flowers is actinotus helianthi.

Signed at lower left on image, "Ellis Rowan"