[Illustrations of Australian fungi.]

Contributor(s):

Massee, George

Material type:

Picture [1890s?]Description: 52 items : watercolour and pencil ; 23 x 33 cmContent type:

still image

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

sheet

Subject(s):

Summary: Watercolour and pencil drawings of fungi, all stamped "G. Massee" and some annotated as having been drawn from type specimens in the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew herbarium (including Herb. Berk.). Each is enclosed in a paper folder annotated with a series (?) number (the meaning of which is undetermined), and the name of the species. Most sheets include a location (mostly Victoria and Queensland) and the name of the collector (including Felix Reader, Henry Tisdall, Flora Martin and Frederick M. Bailey). A list of the species in shelved with the paintings.

Holdings ( 1 )
Title notes ( 2 )

Holdings
Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Art Original	State Botanical Collection	Art Collection	RB MSS A53 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Not For Loan		RBGM00004778

Watercolour and pencil drawings of fungi, all stamped "G. Massee" and some annotated as having been drawn from type specimens in the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew herbarium (including Herb. Berk.). Each is enclosed in a paper folder annotated with a series (?) number (the meaning of which is undetermined), and the name of the species. Most sheets include a location (mostly Victoria and Queensland) and the name of the collector (including Felix Reader, Henry Tisdall, Flora Martin and Frederick M. Bailey). A list of the species in shelved with the paintings.

'Nature's art revealed': 150 years of botanical art at the National Herbarium of Victoria 1853-2003', Domain House, 26 November to 17 December 2003 (Boletus retipes): "Hidden in Plain View" (touring exhibition), 2007-2009 (Laccaria canaliculata, Boletus retipes, Lysurus gardneri).