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Foxberry [graphic material]

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Item

Date:

1836.

Reference:

R9266-50-5-E

Type of material:

Art

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

3835471

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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

Foxberry
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Date(s):

1836.

Place of creation:

Nova Scotia

Extent:

1 watercolour: watercolour and gum arabic; 20.0 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 Foxberry is paired with the Marsh berry blossom and placed on 36 verso of the album. The manuscript description of the illustrations is inscribed on 37 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 36 verso: [depicted with its root system] Inscribed, in ink, l.r.: Vaccinium Vitis Idem. / Foxberry.; Folio 37 recto: [white sheet with fleur de lys watermark]

Inscribed, in ink, top: Vaccinium Vitus Idem. Fox berry. / This little shrub, whose red berries, so pleasingly contrast the dark / green leaves, is found in turf, on hills of gravel, or on granite rocks.

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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. R9266-4137
Copyright : Expired

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