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

34.7 cm

Width

28.0 cm

Height

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Thickness

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Weight

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Diameter

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Volume

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Lexicon

Group

Agriculture

Category

Research

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Unknown

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

City

Ottawa

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

PROBABLY 1930S

Canada

AN ILLUSTRATION THAT WAS USED AS PART OF THE HORTICULTURAL RESEARCH PROGRAM AT THE CEF IN OTTAWA. VARIETY WAS PROBABLY NAMED AFTER A RELATIVE OF DR. W.T. MACOUN, DOMINION HORTICULTURIST, IN THE EARLY PART OF THE CENTURY. THE ARTIST, ARTHUR KELLETT, WAS THE CEF'S RECORDING ARTIST FROM THE 1930S TO 1952.

Function

USED IN HORTICULTURAL RESEARCH TO ILLUSTRATE THE PLANT VARIETY 'PATRICIA MACOUN'

Technical

ARTISTS WERE EMPLOYED TO ILLUSTRATE 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 BACK OF PAINTING:'Patricia Macoun'

Missing

N/A

Finish

BACKGROUND DARK GREY/ FLOWERS PAINTED WHITE WITH YELLOW CENTRES AND GREEN FOLIAGE

Decoration

N/A