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Watts, May Theilgaard

Yellow Pond Lily

Identifier
3.19469
Format
Pen and black ink on cream coquille board.
Digitization Status
Digitized
Reproduction:
Original
Dimensions
16.5 cm W x 14.7 cm H (Item)
Extent
1 sheet
Type
Drawing
Date created
1940s
Description
Two illustrations of a yellow pond lily, depicting leaves and flowers with identifying text below each image. Image "A" shows the flower about to open on the first day, and image "B" shows the second day with flower fully open.

Header: yellow pond lily

Plants and text as depicted from left to right:
  • A - For one day the opening flower offers insects a small entrance, filled with the stigma reader for pollen from a flower like B [arrow pointing right to next column of text]
  • B - On the second day the flower opens wide, and its stamens burst with pollen, ready to be carried by insects to a flower like A [arrow pointing left back to text in the first column]
Subject - keywords and LC headings
Flowers--Anatomy
Pollen--Dispersal
Drawings -- United States -- 20th century
Pen works -- United States -- 20th century
Nuphar advena (Aiton) W. T. Aiton (yellow pond-lily)
Related Collections
Artwork
Language
English