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- OBJECT TYPE
- WATERCOLOUR
- DATE
- 1938
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1987.2497.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- STRAWBERRY/MAC KENZIE
- 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
- 19.7 cm
- Width
- 10.2 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
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THIS ILLUSTRATION WAS PART OF THE HORTICULTURAL RESEARCH PROGRAM AT THE CENTRAL EXPERIMENTAL FARM IN OTTAWA IN THE 1930S. THE ARTIST, ARTHUR KELLETT, WAS ONE OF THE MOST PROMINENT OF THE EARLY RECORDING ARTISTS HIRED BY THE FARM. - Function
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USED IN HORTICULTURAL RESEARCH TO ILLUSTRATE A MACKENZIE STRAWBERRY - Technical
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ARTISTS WERE EMPLOYED TO ILLUSTATE PLANTS BEING STUDIED BY BOTANISTS 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.K./ Mackenzie'/HANDWRITTEN IN CURSIVE ON BACK: 'Mackenzie/ June 23/38/ Note - seeds are somewhat more/ numerous than this drawing shows.'
- Missing
- none
- Finish
- WHITE BACKGROUND; PAINTING IN SHADES OF RED, GREEN AND YELLOW; PENCIL DRAWING
- Decoration
- N/A
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