Boophone haemanthoides FM Leighton, formerly known as Amaryllis Amaryllis distycha distycha (title object) Boophone haemanthoides Leighton, formerly known as Amaryllis distychaAmaryllis distycha (title object) Object Type: drawing album leaf Object number: RP-T-1914-18-49 Inscriptions / Brands: annotation, upper, middle: left and right of representation, in brown pen, pencil, " above: caamiep. or Hottentot giftbol. there sy me wild / shooting and mixing their slangn and boomgifte. Left: amarillis. right disstycha (Gordon's handwriting pencil note in handwriting unknown) Description: Booph
Boophone haemanthoides FM Leighton, formerly known as Amaryllis Amaryllis distycha distycha (title object) Boophone haemanthoides Leighton, formerly known as Amaryllis distychaAmaryllis distycha (title object) Object Type: drawing album leaf Object number: RP-T-1914-18-49 Inscriptions / Brands: annotation, upper, middle: left and right of representation, in brown pen, pencil, " above: caamiep. or Hottentot giftbol. there sy me wild / shooting and mixing their slangn and boomgifte. Left: amarillis. right disstycha (Gordon's handwriting pencil note in handwriting unknown) Description: Boophone haemantoides Leighton; Hottentot giftbol called caamiep. Manufacturer : artist: Robert Jacob Gordon Date: Oct 1777 - mar-1786 Physical features: brush in watercolor in colors, pencil and black chalk, pen and ink material: paper ink pencil crayon watercolor technique: pen / brush size: album leaf : h 660 mm × W 480 mmblad: h 342 mm × W 212 mmToelichtingDe drawing was made before or during one of Gordon's four expeditions from the Cape Province, from October 1777 to March 1786. Some (species) names may have changed, considering reorganization plant taxonomy over the last jaren. Subject: plants; vegetation
Size: 1297px × 1926px
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