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Object name(s):
pencil on paper; drawing; Primula elatior: Oxslip; Oxslip
Brief description:
One of 83 drawings by botanist and entomologist Robert Jordan. He grew up in Teignmouth then moved to Birmingham. He was a doctor at Queens College Birmingham and also Professor of Comparative Anatomy the Birmingham School of Medicine. This object is not on display. Inscription lower left monogram in ink & entitled & inscribed Primula Elatior Certainly a hybrid between P Veris and P Vulgaris. It was growing in a place where both species abounded. RJ lower right in ink located Torquay Cliffs April 19th 1843
Collection:
Royal Albert Memorial Museum & Art Gallery
Associated concept:
Plant
Current location:
Not on display
Field collector:
Mr H A Peach (from the collection of)
Object name:
pencil on paper; drawing; Primula elatior: Oxslip; Oxslip
Object number:
82/1935/11
Object production date:
1842 to 1843
Date - period:
Victorian (1837-1901)
Object production person:
Robert Coane Roberts Jordan 1825-24/05/1890 (artist)
Reproduction number:
82-1935-11.jpg
Responsible department/section:
Fine Art
Responsible department/section:
Drawings

Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/4f9e5ff1-b926-3f17-bff4-fbfaa86bebc6

Use licence for this record: CC 0

Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/4f9e5ff1-b926-3f17-bff4-fbfaa86bebc6, Royal Albert Memorial Museum & Art Gallery, CC 0

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