Leptospermum scopatium
Maker and Role
Artist: Nina Jones (b.1871, d.1926)
Production date
Circa 1920
Description
Watercolour painting on rectangular sheet of brown paper, with a brown window mount, and backing. The painting is a botanical illustration of part of a shrub with flowers. Two branching brown stems are depicted with simple alternate leaves, some in groups. The green leaf blades are small and needle-shaped. Interspersed along the stems are flowers with five round white petals with pink-red centres. There is a brown seed capsule at the base of a stem. Commonly known as Manuka or Tea Tree.
The painting is marked "NINA JONES" and "LeptospErMuM SCOpAriuM."
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Object detail
Mount = Height x Width (mm) = 340 x 270mm
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