- 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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