1063935
- TitleSeries 02: Flora of New South Wales, ca. 1790s
- Call numberSAFE/DL PXX 1
- Level of descriptionseries
- Date
ca. 1790-1795 - Type of material
- Reference code1063935
- Issue CopyDigitised
- Physical Description4 drawings - ink, watercolour - 54.7 x 37.9 cm or smaller
- Scope and Contentf.1 Cumberland Tree.
Unsigned. Undated. Titled, with mss. notes, along lower edge of the page. Around the drawing of the tree there are six studies of flower parts.
37.7 x 27.1 cm
[Previously f. 39]
f.2 Orchid inscribed `A Species of Orchis found growing in vast quantities on the sheep downs between Pitt Water and the Sea, by Lieut. William Dawes of the Marines 20th September, 1790' / possibly by William Dawes
Unsigned. Titled and dated.
54.7 x 37.9 cm
[Previously f. 1]
f.3 Yellow orchid plant / possibly by William Dawes
Unsigned. Undated. Untitled.
41.7 x 27.1 cm
[Previously f. 40]
f.4 Purple orchid plant / possibly by William Dawes
Unsigned. Undated. Untitled.
48.0 x 29.3 cm
[Previously f. 41]
Original box filed separately. - Access Conditions
Access via appointment - Copying ConditionsOut of copyright: Artist died before 1955
Please acknowledge:: Dixson Library, State Library of New State Wales - General note
Bookplate of Sir William Dixson
An additional listing of the identification of plants in `Flora of Norfolk Island' compiled by Owen Evans of the Norfolk Island Fauna and Flora Society in 1970 is available at PXn 196.
Orchids possibly drawn by William Dawes.
Digital order no:Album ID : 1063939 - Conservation note
Drawings removed from album, April 2013. Album filed separately. - Creator/Author/Artist
- Name
- Subject
- Topic
- Exhibited in
Artist colony: drawing Sydney’s nature - State Library of New South Wales - Open Rosetta viewer
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