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Watts, May Theilgaard

Evergreen Nature Trail Guide, page 11 illustrations and layout with preliminary sketches

3.24685
Sheet 1: Pen and India ink on cream Strathmore board
Sheet 2: Colored pencil on cream paper
Digitized
Original
29.2 cm W x 37 cm H (Item)
21 cm W x 32.4 cm H (Platemark or image size)
2 sheets
Drawing
1940s
Sheet One: Original illustrations and layout for page 11, 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 #25: White Pine
Includes illustrated identifying characteristics of needles.

Tree stump #26: The Flowering of Evergreens
Includes 4 illustrations identifying the flowering cycle.

Single cutout illustration depicting cone characteristics originally adhered to board has detached and is no longer present.

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
Pinus strobus L. (eastern white pine)
Evergreen Trail
Artwork
English
Copyright statement:

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