Olearia

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 tree with flowers. Two branching brown stems are depicted with alternate leaves on petioles. The oval shaped leaf blades are green on top and white underneath with undulating margins and white pinnate venation. The flowers are in wide branched, clusters. The flowers have thin tear drop shaped white petals that radiate out from a yellow brown centre. Some leaves and flowers are depicted in a blue wash.

The painting is marked "NiNA JONES", "OLEaria" and “Jan”
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Object detail

Object Type
painting
Media and Materials
Watercolour/Dye and Pigment
Paper
Measurements
Mount = 455 h x 369 w Composition = 353 h x 275 w
Measurements
Composition = Height x Width (mm) = 353 x 275mm
Mount = Height x Width (mm) = 455 x 369mm
Maker
Subject Category
Botanical
Accession Number
A4882
AC Number
AC162

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