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OBJECT TYPE: N/A
DATE: 1928
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1987.2573.001

MANUFACTURER: Unknown
MODEL: FLOWER/CYPRIPEDIUM
LOCATION: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 4
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: 26.7 cm
Width: 18.5 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: Fyles
Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
City: Ottawa

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
Period: 1920S
Canada: THIS ILLUSTRATION WAS PART OF THE HORTICULTURAL RESEARCH PROGRAM AT THE CENTRAL EXPERIMENTAL FARM IN OTTAWA IN THE 1920S. THE ARTIST, FAITH FYLES, WAS ALSO A BOTANIST, AND WAS THE FIRST PROFESSIONAL WOMAN HIRED BY THE DEPT. OF AGRICULTURE
Function: USED IN HORTICULTURAL RESEARCH TO ILLUSTRATE VARIOUS CYPRIPEDIUM VARIETIES
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: 'Faith Fyles/ Hybrid Cyp. sent by Mr. M. Kandon - 'Bly the brae' - Simcoe, Ont. June 23rd 1928/ June 20th1928/ Found by him in cold bog on Turkey point-Lake Erie. Norfolk co. Ont. June 18th1928'./ ROMAN NUMERAL I ON PAINTING.
Missing: N/A
Finish: WHITE BACKGROUND; PAINTING IN VARIOUS SHADES OF GREEN, BROWN, YELLOW AND WHITE
Decoration: N/A

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Unknown Manufacturer, Painting, 1928, Artifact no. 1987.2573, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1987.2573.001/

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