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Plumbago coccinea Digital

FOUND IN: Botany Libraries, Arnold Arboretum Library (Cambridge), Harvard University / Collection: Coloured botanical drawings by a Chinese artist
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 8Identifier: arn00016, Plate 33
Scope and Content:

Forty-nine original watercolors. Probably produced in Canton. Many bear “J. Whatman” 1804 or 1805 or “I. Taylo(r)” watermarks. The drawings generally include samples of fruits or seeds and a dissection of the flower to show its structure. Latin names and occasional Chinese labels appear in pencil on either front or reverse side. Includes a typed index that lists all plates including plate 19 Eriobotrya japonica which is lacking.

Prunus Digital

FOUND IN: Botany Libraries, Arnold Arboretum Library (Cambridge), Harvard University / Collection: Coloured botanical drawings by a Chinese artist
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 8Identifier: arn00016, Plate 24
Scope and Content:

Forty-nine original watercolors. Probably produced in Canton. Many bear “J. Whatman” 1804 or 1805 or “I. Taylo(r)” watermarks. The drawings generally include samples of fruits or seeds and a dissection of the flower to show its structure. Latin names and occasional Chinese labels appear in pencil on either front or reverse side. Includes a typed index that lists all plates including plate 19 Eriobotrya japonica which is lacking.

Prunus Digital

FOUND IN: Botany Libraries, Arnold Arboretum Library (Cambridge), Harvard University / Collection: Coloured botanical drawings by a Chinese artist
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 8Identifier: arn00016, Plate 50
Scope and Contents:

Watermarked: J WHATMAN 1805.

Prunus persica Digital

FOUND IN: Botany Libraries, Arnold Arboretum Library (Cambridge), Harvard University / Collection: Coloured botanical drawings by a Chinese artist
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 8Identifier: arn00016, Plate 21
Scope and Contents:

Watermarked: J WHATMAN 1805.

Punica granata (Pomegranate) Digital

FOUND IN: Botany Libraries, Arnold Arboretum Library (Cambridge), Harvard University / Collection: Coloured botanical drawings by a Chinese artist
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 8Identifier: arn00016, Plate 11
Scope and Contents:

Watermarked: J WHATMAN 1805.

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