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Watts, May Theilgaard

Evergreen Nature Trail Guide, page 13 illustrations and layout with preliminary sketches

3.24687
Sheet 1: Pen and India ink on cream Strathmore board
Sheet 2: Colored pencil on cream paper
Digitized
Original
29.1 cm W x 36.8 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 13, 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 #31: 'Evergreens' that are not Evergreen

Tree stump #32: European Larch
Includes illustrated identifying characteristics of needles below.

Tree stump #33: Arbor Vitae
Includes illustrated identifying characteristics of needles and cone below.

Tree stump #34: Bald Cypress
Includes illustrated identifying characteristics of leaves and cone below.

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
Taxodium distichum (L.) Rich. (bald-cypress)
Thuja (arborvitae)
Larix decidua Mill. (European larch)
Evergreen Trail
Artwork
English
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