Watts, May Theilgaard
Forest Nature Trail Guide, page 5 illustrations and layout with preliminary sketches
Identifier
3.24655Format
Sheet 1: Pen and India ink on cream Strathmore board.Sheet 2: Green colored pencil on cream paper.
Digitization Status
DigitizedReproduction:
OriginalDimensions
29.2 cm W x 37 cm H (Item)21 cm W x 32.5 cm H (Platemark or image size)
Extent
2 sheetsType
DrawingDate created
1946Description
Sheet One: Original illustrations and layout for page 5, excluding text, for The Morton Arboretum Forest Nature Trail Guide booklet. Key lines included.Illustrated stumps with numbers indicate points of interest along trail as seen on trail map.
Tree stump #6: Jewelweed
Identifying characteristics of leaves, flowers, and seeds illustrated to the right.
Tree stump #7: Elderberry
Identifying characteristics leaves and flowers illustrated to the right.
Tree stump #8: Joe Pye Weed
Identifying characteristics of leaves and flowers illustrated to the right.
Tree stump #9: Nettles
Identifying characteristics of leaves illustrated to the right.
Sheet Two: Preliminary sketch of green-colored illustrations.
Subject - keywords and LC headings
Nature studyNature trails
Nettles
Plants--Identification
Drawings -- United States -- 20th century
Pen works -- United States -- 20th century
Eutrochium purpureum (L.) E.E.Lamont (purple Joe Pye weed)
Impatiens capensis Meerb. (orange jewelweed)
Sambucus canadensis L. (common elderberry)
Forest Trail
