Orchid
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Description:
Watercolor on paper of the leaves, flowers and roots of an orchid (Oncidium) painted during Taylor's second expedition with William Beebe in British Guiana (now Guyana). Ink and watercolor studies of the growing stages are visible above the full color sketch.
Gift of the artist, 1946.
- Title: Orchid
- Creator: Taylor, Anna Heyward, 1879-1956
- Date: c. 1920
- Culture: American
- School: Academic
- Dimensions: H-14 W-10 inches
- Makers Mark: In graphite on verso: "Oncidium."
- Collection: Works on Paper Collection
- Object Name: Anna Heyward Taylor Artwork
- Other Name: Work on Paper
- Object Id: AZ 1202
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