Cowslip primula veris.

Description

Main Author

Gwillim, Elizabeth, 1763-1807

Related Names

Wood, Casey A. (Casey Albert), 1856-1942, donor.
Blacker-Wood Library of Zoology and Ornithology.

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Published

[Madras, India], [between 1801 and 1805?]

Subjects

Gwillim, Elizabeth, > Gwillim, Elizabeth, / 1763-1807.
Gwillim, Elizabeth, > Gwillim, Elizabeth, / 1763-1807.

Note

Purchased in London in 1924 by Casey A. Wood as part of a collection of watercolours and donated to the Blacker-Wood Library of Zoology and Ornithology
Two smaller paintings mounted on one sheet. The upper painting shows two small yellow flowers, with no stems or leaves, lightly outlined. The lower painting shows a stem with bunch of small yellow flowers drooping down with very light green leaves. Inscription beneath the lower painting reads, "Cowslip primula veris."
Inscriptions: light "VII" at top right of first painting, "VII" at top right of second.
Common name: Cowslip.
Caption title.

Physical Description

2 paintings : watercolour on paper ; 26 x 19.5 cm and 22.5 x 18 cm, mounted on 52.5 x 39 cm sheet

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