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- OBJECT TYPE
- WATERCOLOUR
- DATE
- 1931
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1987.2472.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- POTATO/BLISS TRIUMPH
- LOCATION
- Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- PAPER
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 23.9 cm
- Width
- 15.7 cm
- Height
- N/A
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Agriculture
- Category
- Research
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Kellett
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- City
- Ottawa
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- 1930S
- Canada
-
THIS ILLUSTRATION WAS PART OF THE HORTICULTURAL RESEARCH PROGRAM AT THE CENTRAL EXPERIMENTAL FARM IN OTTAWA IN THE 1930S. ARTHUR KELLETT, THE ARTIST, WAS ONE OF THE MOST PROMINENT OF THE EARLY RECORDING ARTISTS WHO WORKED AT THE FARM - Function
-
USED IN HORTICULTURAL RESEARCH TO ILLUSTRATE A BLISS TRIUMPH POTATO - Technical
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ARTISTS WERE EMPLOYED TO ILLUSTRATE PLANTS BEING STUDIED IN ORDER TO PROVIDE A RECORD OF TRUE COLOUR AND TECHNICAL DETAIL BEFORE THE TIME OF RELIABLE COLOUR PHOTOGRAPHY - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- HANDWRITTEN ON FRONT: ' A. Kellett/ BLISS TRIUMPH'/ HANDWRITTEN ON BACK: 'Bliss Triumph/ 1931'
- Missing
- None apparent.
- Finish
- WHITE BACKGROUND; PAINTING IN SHADES OF BROWN AND RED
- Decoration
- N/A
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Unknown Manufacturer, Painting, 1931, Artifact no. 1987.2472, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1987.2472.001/
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