Sophora tetraptera (Kowhai)

Maker and Role
Artist: Emily Harris (b.1836?, d.1925)
Publisher: H.D. Jackson
 Description
Handcoloured lithograph on cream paper with card backing. The print is a botanical illustration of part of a tree with flowers. A brown branching stem is depicted with compound leaves in odd pinnate formation. The green leaflets are small and ovular. The flowers are in small hanging clusters. The flowers are yellow and bilateral, with long multiple yellow stamens, brown sepals, and curved pedicels.

The print is titled "Sophora tetraptera. (Kowhai)" and "A small tree growing in North and South Islands. It is thickly covered in early spring with golden yellow flowers. The wood is exceedingly hard."
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Object detail

Object Type
art print
Classification
Print/Graphic Documents/Documentary Objects/Communication Objects/Nomenclature
Media/Materials Description
Paper
Media and Materials
lithograph/Art
Measurements
Sheet = 308 h x 246 w
Measurements
Sheet = Height x Width (mm) = 308 x 246mm
Collection
Bett Loan Collection
Maker
Subject Category
Botanical
AC Number
AC1058
Credit Line
Emily Harris (circa 1837 - 1925). Sophora tetraptera (Kowhai). Handcoloured lithograph on paper. Nelson Provincial Museum, Bett Loan Collection: AC1058

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