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Botanical diagram

Drawing
ca. 1855 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Drawing

Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleBotanical diagram (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Pen and ink and watercolour
Brief description
Christopher Dresser. Drawing to illustrate Botany lecture.
Physical description
Drawing
Dimensions
  • Height: 555mm
  • Width: 749mm
Object history
One of 72 (museum numbers 3925 to 3996) diagrams to illustrate Dresser's lectures on botany at Marlborough House, 1854-1856.
Bibliographic reference
Eisenman, Stephen S., Design in the age of Darwin: from William Morris to Frank Lloyd Wright, Evanston: Northwestern University, 2008
Collection
Accession number
3958

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Record createdNovember 6, 2007
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