Dutchman’s pipe
The Reverend William Keble Martin spent many years of his life collecting, studying and drawing plants. This drawing is a preliminary plate for inclusion in his book The Concise British Flora in Colour published in 1965. It corresponds to plate 56 in the final work. The plant depicted is Dutchman’s pipe (Monotropa hypopitys). RAMM also has his herbarium collection (pressed plants).
Purchased with assistance from the Friends of RAMM.
Purchased with assistance from the Friends of RAMM.
Object Summary
- Accession Loan No.
- 99/2015/20
- Collection Class
- Drawings
- Medium
- watercolour, ink and pencil on paper
- Common Name
- Dutchman’s pipe
- Simple Name
- drawing
- Inscription Transcription
- 58
- Production Person Initials
- William Keble
- Production Person Surname
- Martin
- Production Year Low
- c1900
- Production Year High
- 1965
