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Watts, May Theilgaard

Four Oaks


Identifier
3.19491
Format
airbrush black and grey with ink on cream board
Digitization Status
Digitized
Reproduction:
Original
Dimensions
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 sheet
Type
Drawing
Date created
1940 – 1959
Description
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
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