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Object name(s):
pencil and watercolour on paper; drawing; Helianthemum polifolium; rock-rose
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. Discolouration of the petals is due to oxidation of the paint. This object is not on display. Inscription lower left ink location Limestone / Cliffs nr / Torquay - Devon. / Common- lower right ink date May 21st / 1843 lower centre ink title Helianthemum polifolium
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 and watercolour on paper; drawing; Helianthemum polifolium; rock-rose
Object number:
82/1935/38
Object production date:
1843 to 1843
Date - period:
Victorian (1837-1901)
Object production person:
Robert Coane Roberts Jordan 1825-24/05/1890 (artist)
Reproduction number:
82-1935-38.jpg
Responsible department/section:
Fine Art
Responsible department/section:
Drawings

Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/e7b74ca1-4731-361e-b503-85f2a6abcebc

Use licence for this record: CC 0

Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/e7b74ca1-4731-361e-b503-85f2a6abcebc, Royal Albert Memorial Museum & Art Gallery, CC 0

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