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Wallflower Tall Blood Red Large Flowered.

Print
ca. 1935-1940 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

A seed packet for 'Wallflower Tall Blood Red Large Flowered' depicting an image of the plant.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleWallflower Tall Blood Red Large Flowered. (manufacturer's title)
Materials and techniques
Offset half tone print
Brief description
Seed packet for Carters Tested Seeds Ltd., 'Wallflower Tall Blood Red Large Flowered', offset half tone print, Great Britain, ca.1935-1940
Physical description
A seed packet for 'Wallflower Tall Blood Red Large Flowered' depicting an image of the plant.
Dimensions
  • Height: 13cm
  • Width: 17.7cm
Dimensions taken from Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints, Drawings and Paintings Accession Register for 1994
Marks and inscriptions
Lettered with the name of the plant, name and address of the supplier, details of cultivation and 'By Appointment to the late King George V.' Stamped on the back in capitals and black ink 'DUMMY'.
Subjects depicted
Association
Bibliographic references
  • Saunders, Gill. Picturing plants : an analytical history of botanical illustration. London: Zwemmer in association with the Victoria and Albert Museum, 1995. 152pp, illus. ISBN: 0302006524
  • Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints, Drawings and Paintings Accession Register for 1994
Other number
9857 - product number
Collection
Accession number
E.576-1994

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Record createdApril 3, 2009
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