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Watts, May Theilgaard

Growth of Pond: Floating Plant Stage

Identifier
3.19493
Format
airbrush, watercolor, and ink on cream board
Digitization Status
Digitized
Reproduction:
Original
Dimensions
71.3 cm W x 56 cm H (Item)
Extent
1 sheet
Type
Drawing
Date created
1940 – 1950
Description
Part of a series of illustrations about the stages of pond growth. This material includes an aerial view of a pond with some plants showing at the surface of its bays and a cross-section view of aquatic plants attached to pond bottom, with leaves and flowers of shallower plants extended to water's surface.

Header: FLOATING PLANT STAGE / PLANTS ATTACHED TO BOTTOM / LEAVES AND FLOWERS FLOATING

Drawings and text from top to bottom, left to right:
  • Pond
  • CROSS-SECTION of MARGIN
    • Accumulation from submerged plants makes margin more shallow [arrow pointing up to shallower plants]
    • Submerged plants move out to deeper water [arrow pointing right to deeper plants]
Subject - keywords and LC headings
Aquatic plants
Pond ecology
Drawings -- United States -- 20th century
Pen works -- United States -- 20th century
Related Collections
Artwork
Language
English