Polypodium billardieri, Doodia caudata and Asplenium flaccidum
Maker
Hetley, Georgina Burne
Production date
Circa 1880
Current rights
Public Domain
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About this object
Watercolour on paper depicting three different plants. The plants have been numbered one to three.
1 Polypodium billardieri also known as Notogrammitis billardierei or common strap fern. There are two examples of the plant in the painting. The smaller leaf is long and narrow coloured green with yellow circles. The other example is green with yellow tones and is fern-like in appearance with prominent veins.
2 Doodia caudata also known as small rasp fern. There are two examples of the plant in the painting. Both are fern-like in appearance. One has red fronds, and the other has green fronds covered with small brown dots.
3 Asplenium flaccidum also known as hanging spleenwort, drooping spleenwort, weeping spleenwort and makawe. The plant is fern-like in appearance with blue-green fronds and amber highlights.
Signed. Undated.
1 Polypodium billardieri also known as Notogrammitis billardierei or common strap fern. There are two examples of the plant in the painting. The smaller leaf is long and narrow coloured green with yellow circles. The other example is green with yellow tones and is fern-like in appearance with prominent veins.
2 Doodia caudata also known as small rasp fern. There are two examples of the plant in the painting. Both are fern-like in appearance. One has red fronds, and the other has green fronds covered with small brown dots.
3 Asplenium flaccidum also known as hanging spleenwort, drooping spleenwort, weeping spleenwort and makawe. The plant is fern-like in appearance with blue-green fronds and amber highlights.
Signed. Undated.
Production date
Circa 1880
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Production period
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Measurements
Height x Width: 365 x 263mm
Height x Width: 454 x 355mm
Height x Width: 454 x 355mm
Signature/Inscription
G. B. Hetley, Signature, Handwritten
1 Polypodium billardieri
2 Doodia caudata
3 Asplenium flaccidum, Inscription, Handwritten
1 Polypodium billardieri
2 Doodia caudata
3 Asplenium flaccidum, Inscription, Handwritten
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Subject period
Subject date
1870-1890
Current rights
Credit line
gifted by the Misses Hetley
Other number(s)
48/4/76, 34164
Accession number
48/4/76
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