Evergreen Nature Trail Guide, page 5 illustrations and layout with preliminary sketches
3.24679
Sheet 1: Pen and India ink on cream Strathmore board
Sheet 2: Colored pencil on cream paper
Sheet 2: Colored pencil on cream paper
Digitized
Original
29.1 cm W x 36.9 cm H (Item)
20.9 cm W x 32.5 cm H (Platemark or image size)
20.9 cm W x 32.5 cm H (Platemark or image size)
2 sheets, 1 cutout
Drawing
1940s
Sheet One: Original illustrations and layout for page 5, excluding text, for The Morton Arboretum Evergreen Nature Trail Guide booklet. Key lines included.
Illustrated stumps with numbers indicate points of interest along trail as seen on trail map.
Tree stump #7: White Fir
Includes generalized identifying characteristics of tree illustrated below with glued-on cutout of detailed needle illustration.
Tree stump #8: Douglas Fir
Includes generalized identifying characteristics of tree illustrated below.
Tree stump #9: Japanese Yew
Includes generalized identifying characteristics of tree with detailed needle and fruit images illustrated below.
Tree stump #10: False Cypress
Includes generalized identifying characteristics of tree with detailed needle and cone images illustrated below.
Several cutout illustrations depicting needle/cone characteristics originally adhered to board have detached and are no longer present. One detached cutout illustration of Douglas Fir needles housed with art.
Sheet Two: Preliminary sketch of green-colored illustrations.
Illustrated stumps with numbers indicate points of interest along trail as seen on trail map.
Tree stump #7: White Fir
Includes generalized identifying characteristics of tree illustrated below with glued-on cutout of detailed needle illustration.
Tree stump #8: Douglas Fir
Includes generalized identifying characteristics of tree illustrated below.
Tree stump #9: Japanese Yew
Includes generalized identifying characteristics of tree with detailed needle and fruit images illustrated below.
Tree stump #10: False Cypress
Includes generalized identifying characteristics of tree with detailed needle and cone images illustrated below.
Several cutout illustrations depicting needle/cone characteristics originally adhered to board have detached and are no longer present. One detached cutout illustration of Douglas Fir needles housed with art.
Sheet Two: Preliminary sketch of green-colored illustrations.
Evergreens
Nature study
Nature trails
Trees--Identification
Drawings -- United States -- 20th century
Pen works -- United States -- 20th century
Pseudotsuga menziesii (Mirb.) Franco (Douglas-fir)
Evergreen Trail
Chamaecyparis Spach (false cypress)
Taxus cuspidata Sieb. & Zucc. (Japanese yew)
Abies concolor (Hook.) Nutt. (white fir)
Nature study
Nature trails
Trees--Identification
Drawings -- United States -- 20th century
Pen works -- United States -- 20th century
Pseudotsuga menziesii (Mirb.) Franco (Douglas-fir)
Evergreen Trail
Chamaecyparis Spach (false cypress)
Taxus cuspidata Sieb. & Zucc. (Japanese yew)
Abies concolor (Hook.) Nutt. (white fir)
