Solanum aviculare (Poroporo)

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 shrub with flowers. Two brown stems are depicted with alternate leaves. The leaf blades are lance-shaped and lobed with pinnate venation. At the terminal ends of the stems are small clusters of flowers. The flowers have five joined pointed petals with yellow centres and green sepals. Some flowers are depicted as oval cream buds with green sepals.

The print is titled "Solanum aviculare. (Poroporo)" and "Shrub common in the North Island. Leaves very dark green. Flowers lilac."
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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
AC1061
Credit Line
Emily Harris (circa 1837 - 1925). Solanum aviculare (Poroporo). Handcoloured lithograph on paper. Nelson Provincial Museum, Bett Loan Collection: AC1061

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