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  2. William Farquhar Collection of Natural History Drawings

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    The William Farquhar Collection of Natural History Drawings consists of 477 watercolour botanical drawings of plants and animals of Malacca and Singapore by unknown Chinese (probably Cantonese) artists that were commissioned between 1819 and 1823 by William Farquhar (26 February 1774 – 13 May 1839). The paintings were meant to be of ...

  3. Botanical illustration - Wikipedia

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    American Turk's cap Lily, Lilium superbum, Georg Dionysius Ehret (1708–70), About 1750–53, Watercolor and gouache on vellum V&A Museum no. D.589-1886 [1] Banksia coccinea from Ferdinand Bauer's 1813 work Illustrationes Florae Novae Hollandiae. Botanical illustration is the art of depicting the form, color, and details of plant species. They ...

  4. Hawaii series by Georgia O'Keeffe - Wikipedia

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    O'Keeffe's ad hoc digital catalogue raisonné indicates that she completed a total of 44 works in 1939, of which 23 were drawings and 21 were oil paintings, 20 of which are part of the Hawaii painting series. [46] Of those 20, there are eleven paintings of flowers, seven showing Hawaii landscapes, and two depicting cultural artifacts. [47]

  5. Splendid Mountain Watercolours - Wikipedia

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    Jungfrau, 1870, Watercolor, Gouache, and graphite on pale blue wove paper. Splendid Mountain Watercolours or Splendid Mountain Sketchbook is a collection of sketches and watercolors by John Singer Sargent (1856–1925), executed when he was fourteen years old, and on a summer excursion to Switzerland's Bernese Alps in the Berner Oberland in 1870.

  6. National Geographic Video - Wikipedia

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    Belize's Tropical Mountains 1981 1986 60 ... Drawings 1980 Educational Video Presentations ... Watercolor Painting Educational Video Presentations 51517

  7. Martin Johnson Heade - Wikipedia

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    Martin Johnson Heade (August 11, 1819 – September 4, 1904) was an American painter known for his salt marsh landscapes, seascapes, and depictions of tropical birds (such as hummingbirds), as well as lotus blossoms and other still lifes.

  8. Emma, Lady Tankerville - Wikipedia

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    Lady Tankerville's collection of botanical paintings has been described as 'a jewel of the Kew Gardens archives'. [8] The collection was donated to Kew Gardens in 1932 and comprises 648 watercolours of plants and flowers. The drawings represented every flower cultivated by Lady Tankerville at Walton House in Surrey. [10]

  9. List of drawings by Vincent van Gogh - Wikipedia

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    Sketches for the Drawing of an Auction House: May 1885 Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo Nuenen F 1112r JH 768 Sale of Building Scrap: May 1885 Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam Nuenen F 1231r JH 769 Sale of Building Scrap: May 1885 Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam Nuenen F 1231v JH 771 Sketches of a Man with a Ladder, Other Figures, and a Cemetery: May 1885