Magnolia
Painting
1800-1830 (made)
1800-1830 (made)
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This painting of a magnolia is done on western paper, specially imported for its high quality. Exotic flora and fauna were of great interest to British botanists in the 18th and 19th centuries, and such enthusiasm gradually filtered down to the general public. Travellers often returned to Britain with foreign plants and, more commonly, paintings depicting numerous species of tropical flowers and fruits.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | Magnolia (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Watercolours on European paper |
| Brief description | Painting, 'Magnolia', watercolours on European paper, Guangzhou, China c.1800-1830 |
| Physical description | Painting depicting a botanical illustration. Growing from a brown branch, two white magnolia flowers, one in full bloom, one closed up, and a few green leaves. On the bottom left, a single flower petal has fallen. |
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| Summary | This painting of a magnolia is done on western paper, specially imported for its high quality. Exotic flora and fauna were of great interest to British botanists in the 18th and 19th centuries, and such enthusiasm gradually filtered down to the general public. Travellers often returned to Britain with foreign plants and, more commonly, paintings depicting numerous species of tropical flowers and fruits. |
| Bibliographic reference | Souvenir from Canton : Chinese export paintings from the Victoria and Albert Museum, Shanghai, 2003
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| Collection | |
| Accession number | E.1758-1924 |
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| Record created | October 18, 2002 |
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