IMAGE
King, Martha 1803?-1897 :Korari. Folio C No. 1 [1842]
- Date
- 1842
- Reference
- A-005-001
- Description
Branch of dark red flowering flax (Phormium tenax, or harakeke) with a disected flower, lower right. Prepared for the New Zealand Company in 1842.
The basis for an illustration in Illustrations to "Adventure in New Zealand" by E. J. Wakefield. (London, 1845) Plate 15 (ref. no. PUBL-0011-15); along with Martha King's watercolour "Flax" (ref. no. A-005-002)
Other Titles - Flax in flower. Harakeke, phormium tenax
Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - Folio C No. 1. [Also lower left] Korari.
Quantity: 1 watercolour(s).
Physical Description: Watercolour on paper 375 x 276 mm
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- Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
- Part of
- [King, Martha] 1803?-1897 :[New Zealand botanical specimens. 1842] / [King, Martha] 1803?-1897 :[New Zealand botanical specimens. 1842]
- Format
- 1 watercolour(s), Works of art, Watercolours, Scientific illustrations, Watercolour on paper 375 x 276 mm
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