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OBJECT TYPE: WATERCOLOUR
DATE: 1950
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1987.2550.001

MANUFACTURER: Unknown
MODEL: LEAF/BROCCOLI-MOLYBDENUM DEF.
LOCATION: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

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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: 15.5 cm
Width: 10.8 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: 1950S
Canada: THIS ILLUSTRATION WAS PART OF THE HORTICULTURAL RESEARCH PROGRAM AT THE CENTRAL EXPERIMENTAL FARM IN OTTAWA IN THE 1950S. THE ARTIST, ARTHUR KELLETT, WA ONE OF THE PROMINENT RECORDING ARTISTS EMPLOYED AT THE FARM.
Function: USED IN HORTICULTURAL RESEARCH TO ILLUSTRATE THE EFFECTS OF MOLYBDENUM DEFICIENCY ON BROCCOLI LEAVES
Technical: 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: 'AK/ Molybdenum deficiency - Broccoli 24/iv/50'/ HANDWRITTEN ON BACK: 'Molybdenum deficiency/ in Broccoli./ The early symptoms are/ shown on the right side/ of the leaf; the later/ ones on the left side./ April 24/50'
Missing: N/A
Finish: WHITE BACKGROUND; PAINTING IN SHADES OF GREEN, YELLOW AND BROWN
Decoration: N/A

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Unknown Manufacturer, Painting, 1950, Artifact no. 1987.2550, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1987.2550.001/

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