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Un-named plant
Artist: Port Jackson Painter
Created: [between 1788 and 1798]
Dimensions: 31.9 x 20.2 cm
Reference: Port Jackson Drawing - no. 21

 
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Drawing of a branch from a flowering plant against a plain background. The branch is arranged vertically in the centre of the sheet, and has linear green leaves with a darker central vein arranged alternately up the stem, with off-shoots borne from the leaf axils terminating in spikes of yellow and red pea-like flowers.

 
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  • Port Jackson Painter]
  • The drawing is unsigned and undated.
  • The drawing is inscribed in brown ink at the top left corner with the number "41", and on the reverse "40". These refer to the pre-1984 numbering system for the Port Jackson Collection.
  • The drawing is window mounted in cream paper which has been inscribed in pencil at top "Top 41"
  • 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) General Library and Picture Library: Picture Library order number 12621
  • Sir Joseph Banks bequest 1827
  • Data sheet available.