Libertia ixioides
Maker
Hetley, Georgina Burne
Production date
Circa 1880
Current rights
Public Domain
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Object detail
About this object
Watercolour on paper depicting the plant Libertia ixioides also known as mikoikoi and tukauki.
The plant has several long narrow tufts of grass-like leaves. A slender brown branch with white flowers is emerging from the centre of the plant. In the bottom left corner are two pencil sketches of flower buds.
On the back he artist has written: A swamp plant flowering about December. North Island, Thames and elsewhere.
Signed. Undated.
The plant has several long narrow tufts of grass-like leaves. A slender brown branch with white flowers is emerging from the centre of the plant. In the bottom left corner are two pencil sketches of flower buds.
On the back he artist has written: A swamp plant flowering about December. North Island, Thames and elsewhere.
Signed. Undated.
Production date
Circa 1880
Production place
Production period
Production technique
Measurements
Height x Width: 367 x 265mm
Signature/Inscription
G. B. Hetley, Signature, Handwritten
Libertia ixioides, Inscription, Handwritten
Libertia ixioides, Inscription, Handwritten
Classification terms
Subject period
Subject date
1870-1890
Current rights
Credit line
gifted by the Misses Hetley
Other number(s)
48/4/80, 34160
Accession number
48/4/80
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