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"Three stages of the Grass tree or Yellow Gum Plant"

Artist: Port Jackson Painter
Created: [between 1788 and 1797]
Dimensions: 30.5 x 17.2 cm
Reference: Watling Drawing - no. 445

 

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  • Port Jackson Painter]
  • The drawing is inscribed in blue pencil at top right with the number "380", which refers to the pre-1984 numbering system for the Watling Collection.
  • The drawing is annotated in brown ink at top "Three stages of the Grass Tree or Yellow Gum Plant", across the centre by the flower spikes "1st", "2d" and "3d", and at bottom right, against a dotted line leading to yellow patches on the trunk, "The yellow Gum".
  • 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 12445
  • James Lee of Kensington : purchased ; 1902
  • Data sheet available