Item 01: 1-78. Unpublished drawings of Australian orchids, ca. 1879-1891 / by R. D. Fitzgerald
Item 01: 1-78. Unpublished drawings of Australian orchids, ca. 1879-1891 / by R. D. Fitzgerald
Item 01: 1-78. Unpublished drawings of Australian orchids, ca. 1879-1891 / by R. D. Fitzgerald
About this item
Full title
Date
ca. 1879-1891
Call Numbers
PX*D 248
Record Identifier
Reference Code
Formats
Physical Description
Contents
78 drawings - chiefly 50 x 34 cm - watercolour and pencil
1 typescript - foolscap - 22 pages
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
Issue Copy
Digitised
More information
Scope and Contents
Contents
The drawings feature various orchids and cross-sections of the flower and plant with titles and in some cases, brief descriptions.
1. Acianthus amplexicaulis
2. Adelopetalum bracteatum
3. Bulbophyllum aurantiacum
4a. Bulbophyllum lichenastrum
4b. Eria australis
5. Pterostylis furcata
6-7. Burnettia cuneata
8a. Caladenia...
Alternative Titles
Full title
Item 01: 1-78. Unpublished drawings of Australian orchids, ca. 1879-1891 / by R. D. Fitzgerald
Notes
General note
Notes written by Reverend H.M.R. Rupp have been inserted into volume.
Transferred from the Mitchell Library Manuscripts Section, June 1997
Digital order no:Album ID : 918216
Signature / Inscriptions
Each drawing has pencil notations with Latin botanical name of the plant, location, and date (sometimes supplying the year)
Conservation note
Drawings removed from album, interleaved and boxed May 2008
Contextual Information
Exhibited in
- Impact: a changing land
- Capturing Flora: Three centuries of Australia
State Library of New South Wales. Applies to: no. 55
Art Gallery of Ballarat. Applies to: nos. 10a-b; 37a-b
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
PX*D 248
Record Identifier
npAddyl1
Permalink
https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/npAddyl1
Other Identifiers
Reference code
903579
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