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Gwillim Collection With digital objects
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Callistephus chinensis “China Aster”

Painting of a pink flower with yellow centre painted from three angles. Thickly gathered, wavy pink petals painted with great attention to detail. Inscription at bottom centre reads, "Callistephus chinensis 'China Aster.'"

Gwillim, Elizabeth, 1763-1807

Amaryllis belladonna

Painting of two flowers, white fading to pink at the tips, growing from a brown stem with a few small yellowish buds. Inscription at bottom centre reads, "Amaryllis belladonna."

Gwillim, Elizabeth, 1763-1807

Rosa sp.

Single dusky pink rose with many additional stems and leaves from all angles.

Gwillim, Elizabeth, 1763-1807

Chironia

Painting of a stemless bundle of small mauve flowers with small yellow centres. Two leftmost flowers are washed out, lighter than the others. Inscription below the painting reads, "Chironia."

Gwillim, Elizabeth, 1763-1807

VI Flowers

Small grey-ish paper mounted in centre of a larger page, with "VI Flowers" in script at centre.

Drawings by Lady Gwillim wife of Chief Justice of Madras in 1801-1805

Small square paper pasted to larger page with inscription that reads, "Watercolour Paintings of the Birds of India by Lady Elizabeth Gwillim Madras, 1801–1808 – ? (Lady G. died 1807) (Life-size – drawings) In a portfolio with a few of her paintings of flowers. See, also, larger portfolio, for larger paintings of birds." Includes some other inscriptions on the page.

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