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"Mimosa"

Artist: Port Jackson Painter
Created: [between 1788 and 1797]
Dimensions: 30.6 x 19.3
Reference: Watling Drawing - no. 461

 

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  • Port Jackson Painter]
  • The drawing is inscribed in blue pencil at top right with the number "396", which refers to the pre-1984 numbering system for the Watling Collection.
  • The drawing is annotated in brown ink at centre "Natural size", at bottom "This Tree grows to the heigth of 20 or 30 feet", and at bottom right "Mimosa".
  • The drawing is unsigned and undated.
  • A separate label, cut from the pre-1984 mount, is attached to the mount alongside the drawing at lower right. It is inscribed in pencil "Corner inside".
  • The author of this catalogue record is Suzanne Stenning.
  • By permission of the trustees of the Natural History Museum (London)
  • Two sets of transparencies held in the Natural History Museum (London) Zoology Library and Picture Library: Picture Library reference number 12461
  • James Lee of Kensington : purchased ; 1902
  • Data sheet available