Four Oaks
Identifier
3.19491Format
airbrush black and grey with ink on cream boardDigitization Status
DigitizedReproduction:
OriginalDimensions
68.2 cm W x 52.8 cm H (Item)
58.4 cm W x 45.8 cm H (Platemark or image size)
Extent
1 sheetType
DrawingDate created
1940 – 1959Description
Illustrations of four oaks: Chinkapin oak, Swamp white oak, White oak and Bur oak. Each tree is illustrated by silhouette, and is accompanied by an outline of its leaf and drawings of its twig with a winter bud and its acorn.
upper left: Quercus muehlenbergii, Chinkapin oak
upper right: Quercus bicolor, Swamp white oak
lower left: Quercus alba, White oak
lower right Quercus macrocarpa, Bur oak