Format
airbrush, watercolor, and ink on cream boardDigitization Status
DigitizedReproduction:
OriginalDimensions
71.3 cm W x 56 cm H (Item)
Extent
1 sheetDescription
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]