Rose bay
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 35 in the final work. The plant depicted is rose bay (Epilobium angustifolium) cdrawn from a specimen collected at Heathfield 1 Septmeber 1933. 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.
- 99/2015/29
- Collection Class
- Drawings
- Medium
- watercolour, ink and pencil on paper
- Common Name
- rose bay
- Simple Name
- drawing
- Inscription Transcription
- 36 35; EPILOBIUM ANGUSTIFOLIUM ; omit this enlargement but add Circaea with small enlargement
- Production Person Initials
- William Keble
- Production Person Surname
- Martin
- Production Year Low
- c1900
- Production Year High
- 1965
