First Fleet artwork collection

Flowering tree or shrub, with detail of flower, against a plain background. The lower half of the sheet contains a view of the whole tree including the root system. It has a slender brown trunk, and the foliage is represented by individual pointed leaves and red and yellow flowers. Above it is a detail of a flowering branch, illustrating the small, narrow linear leaves, round brown seed cases, and pea-like flowers with yellow petals marked with red towards the centre. The drawing is annotated in brown ink.

• Port Jackson Painter]
• The drawing is inscribed in blue pencil at top right with the number "388", which refers to the pre-1984 numbering system for the Watling collection.
• The drawing is annotated in brown ink at upper centre, alongside a detail of the flower, "Natural size, July", and at bottom "This Plant is generally found in dry sandy soil growing to the heigth of 5 or 6 feet."
• The drawing is unsigned and undated.
• 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 12453
• James Lee of Kensington : purchased ; 1902
• Data sheet available