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[Hodges, William] 1744-1797 :Portlandia. [1773?]
- Date
- 1772 - 1775
- By
- Hodges, William, 1744-1797; Forster, Johann Georg Adam, 1754-1794
- Reference
- E-104-007
- Description
A portlandia or bikkia tetranda in flower. It is described as growing on the bare rocks of Savage Island in the South Seas (Cook's name for Niue)
Compare a very similar watercolour by J. G. A. Forster in the British Museum (Natural History) (slide in Turnbull Drawings & Prints Collection) entitled Portlandia tetranda Savage Island. ... (and negative 146841 1/2 & 146844 1/2). See also TL3/1/1 9 June 1984.
Described in the text on p. 2 of the sketchbook: 'A shrub with large yellowish green leaves of a thick texture like leather, and long tubulous white flowers. It grows on the bare rocks of a Savage Island in the South Sea, without any soil at all. It has all its leaves towards the tops of the branches, which are but few.'
Quantity: 1 watercolour(s).
Physical Description: Watercolour on laid paper 190 x 140 mm in sketchbook
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- Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
- Part of
- [Hodges, William] 1744-1797: Hodges's drawings of New Zealand plants / [Hodges, William] 1744-1797: Hodges's drawings of New Zealand plants
- Format
- 1 watercolour(s), Works of art, Watercolours, Scientific illustrations, Watercolour on laid paper 190 x 140 mm in sketchbook
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