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Item 11: Persoonia [oblongarta?], ca.1797

Item 11: Persoonia [oblongarta?], ca.1797
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Item 11: Persoonia [oblongarta?], ca.1797

https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/9O4gBprn

Item 11: Persoonia [oblongarta?], ca.1797

About this item

Full title

Item 11: Persoonia [oblongarta?], ca.1797

Date

ca.1797 (dated from other dated works in this collection)

Call Numbers

PXA 678/11

Record Identifier

9O4gBprn

Reference Code

101127

Formats

Physical Description

Contents

Drawings - 27.5 x 20.2 cm - watercolour on laid paper with watermark "S Lay 1794"

Other Descriptions

Level of description

Item

Access and use

Copying Conditions

Out of copyright : Artist died before 1955.

Please acknowledge: : Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales

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Digitised

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Alternative Titles

Full title

Item 11: Persoonia [oblongarta?], ca.1797

Notes

General note

Digital order no:a1764011

Signature / Inscriptions

Titled beneath image in pencil
On reverse in ink is inscribed "This tree which grows to the height of between 10 and 20 feet has a rough bark to the Eye touch, and taste and produces a fruit with a stone in it, about the size of a sloe of a sweetish Muulagenous taste, which the Natives are fond of, & eat stone and all they give it the name of Mi...

Contextual Information

Source

Purchased 1995

Identifiers

Primary Identifiers

Call Numbers

PXA 678/11

Record Identifier

9O4gBprn

Permalink

https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/9O4gBprn

Other Identifiers

Reference code

101127

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