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Watts, May Theilgaard

Forest Nature Trail Guide, page 5 illustrations and layout with preliminary sketches

3.24655
Sheet 1: Pen and India ink on cream Strathmore board.
Sheet 2: Green colored pencil on cream paper.
Digitized
Original
29.2 cm W x 37 cm H (Item)
21 cm W x 32.5 cm H (Platemark or image size)
2 sheets
Drawing
1946
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. 
Nature study
Nature 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
Artwork
English
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