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Gwillim, Elizabeth, 1763-1807 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

Brahminy Kite (Haliastur indus)

Framed portrait of a raptor in full landscape. Raptor is red with white head, foreground is full of foliage, three worshipful figures at right in full background.

Gwillim, Elizabeth, 1763-1807

Booted eagle (Hieraaetus pennatus)

Mounted painting of a beige eagle with darker back and tail feathers, perched on wood with some fronds/foliage. Inscription in lower right corner reads, "Hieraaetus pennatus Booted Eagle (K.S.192)" with a question mark and a male symbol.

Gwillim, Elizabeth, 1763-1807

Indian spot-billed duck (Anas poecilorhyncha)

Mounted painting of a brown duck with dark back and spotted neck, yellow beak, light and dark and green tail feathers, standing on flat rock by the water with reeds and plants. Inscription in lower right corner reads, "Anas" with another faint inscription, "The male and female are both?"

Gwillim, Elizabeth, 1763-1807

Indian pond-heron (Ardeola grayii)

Mounted painting of a small white and beige heron in breeding plumage with darker, red back feathers, in sparse landscape with rocks, minimal foliage, and some mountains in right distance. Inscription at bottom left, on painted ground reads, "Pond Heron or Paddy Bird (ardeola grayi)."

Gwillim, Elizabeth, 1763-1807

Grey heron (Ardea cinerea)

Painting of a grey heron, with grey-spotted white neck and head, darker back feathers, with grey feathers at top of head. no background. Inscription at bottom left reads, "Common Heron [female glyph] {ardea cinerea)," with "Ardea major" pencilled in lower right corner.

Gwillim, Elizabeth, 1763-1807

Intermediate egret (Ardea intermedia)

Mounted painting of a white egret in foreground, and six egrets in various poses in middle ground, on edge of river. Full background, with large trees, buildings, and people in boat in the distance.

Gwillim, Elizabeth, 1763-1807

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