Item 11: Persoonia [oblongarta?], ca.1797
Item 11: Persoonia [oblongarta?], ca.1797
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Date
ca.1797 (dated from other dated works in this collection)
Call Numbers
PXA 678/11
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Physical Description
Contents
Drawings - 27.5 x 20.2 cm - watercolour on laid paper with watermark "S Lay 1794"
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Copying Conditions
Out of copyright : Artist died before 1955.
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Digitised
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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
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/9O4gBprn
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Reference code
101127
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