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May flower [graphic material]

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Item

Date:

1836.

Reference:

R9266-29-3-E

Type of material:

Art

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

3835359

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Peter Winkworth Collection of Canadiana at the National Archives of Canada

Peter Winkworth Collection of Canadiana, 2008 Acquisition

Wild Flowers of Nova Scotia by Maria Morris

May flower
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Date(s):

1836.

Place of creation:

Nova Scotia

Extent:

1 watercolour : 19.7 x 13.0 cm.

Language of material:

English

Accession:

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Peter Winkworth Collection of Canadiana [graphic material, textual material, cartographic material]

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An image of the May flower is paired with the Snow flower and placed on 2 verso of the album. The manuscript description of the illustrations is inscribed on 3 recto.

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Artist: Morris, Maria, 1813-1875

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General note:

Item was inserted into an album by the artist.

Alpha-numeric note:

Sotheby's inventory number : W354 and 3CX2J

Signatures and inscriptions note:

Folio 2 verso: May flower. Inscribed, in ink, l.l.: Epigoa repens. / May flower

Folio 3 recto: Inscribed, in ink, top: Epigoa repens. May flower. / This neat little flower, grows in heathy grounds, in woods, and in turfy soil. / Its delicate tints, and delicious perfume, make it a general favourite. Its / name is connected with a custom of repairing to the Wodds on "May Morning", for the purpose of gathering early specimens of the earliest of Nova Scotia / wild flowers.

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SUBJ - BOTANY - FLOWERS

Source:

Private

Related control no.:

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2008-00292-6
R9266
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Credit : Library and Archives Canada, Peter Winkworth Collection of Canadiana, Acc. No. R9266-4119
Copyright : Expired

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