Plant and insect, illustration with colors noted, for use in Klipspringer Group, Akeley Hall of African Mammals
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Plant and insect, illustration with colors noted, for use in Klipspringer Group, Akeley Hall of African Mammals
1926
Watercolors
Paintings
14 x 10 in
Klipspringer Group
NO I; Like rubber. Note how leaf hangs on outline sketch; Surface like shamois; Veins leading from centr vein on top of leaf; One or two leaves like this; No 9 K-6; Silky and silvery sheen under; From a distance leaves seem to have this effct probaly due to the very blue sky and reflecting power of surface of leaves; These leaves are...as if they have been varnished; The heart leaves are closed tight marked by the cross thus; Exact color note of leaves shadow; Natural curl of leaves; This shrub shows its under sides of leaves as illustrated; Arthur A. Janss
Kenya
AMNH Library authority record: Akeley Hall of African Mammals
AMNH Library authority record: Jansson, Arthur August 1890-1960
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