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Tree Portraits: Persimmon 2 (3.31900)
Creator: Watts, May Theilgaard
Type: Painting
Description:Color silhouette of a persimmon tree, including a nature print outline of a leaf and a drawing of a twig with fuit.
Extent: 1 sheet
Tree Portraits: Chinkapin Oak (3.31899)
Creator: Watts, May Theilgaard
Type: Painting
Description:Color silhouette of a chinkapin oak tree, including a nature print outline of a leaf, with drawings of a twig with buds and an acorn.
Extent: 1 sheet
Tree Portraits: Gray Birch (3.31894)
Creator: Watts, May Theilgaard
Type: Painting
Description:Color silhouette of a Gray Birch tree, including nature print outlines of a leaf and twig, and a drawing of seeds.
Extent: 1 sheet
Tree Portraits: Peach-Leaved Willow (3.31869)
Creator: Watts, May Theilgaard
Type: Painting
Description:Color silhouette of a peach-leaved willow tree, including a nature print outline of a leaf and drawing of a twig with buds.
Extent: 1 sheet
Tree Portraits: Kentucky Coffeetree (3.31858)
Creator: Watts, May Theilgaard
Type: Painting
Description:Color silhouette of a Kentucky coffeetree tree, including a nature print outline of a leaf and drawings of its seeds and twig. Tape adhered to bottom left corner indicates assigned letter.
Descriptive text in bottom left:
- R
Extent: 1 sheet
Tree Portraits: Shagbark Hickory (3.31818)
Creator: Watts, May Theilgaard
Type: Painting
Description:Color silhouette of a shagbark hickory tree, including a nature print outline of a leaf, and drawings of a nut and a twig with buds. Tab taped to bottom left corner includes assigned number.
Descriptive text in bottom left tab:
- 19
Extent: 1 sheet
Tree Portraits: Sycamore Maple (3.31808)
Date: 1940 – 1950Creator: Watts, May Theilgaard
Type: Painting
Description:Color silhouette of a Sycamore Maple tree, including a nature print outline of a leaf, drawings of a twig, seeds, and descriptive text.
Header: SYCAMORE MAPLE
Drawings and text from top to bottom, left to right:
- leaf
- tree: dark heavy green; no Autumn coloring; no milk
- twig with buds
- seeds: ripe in Fall; European
Extent: 1 sheet
Tree Portraits: Chestnut Oak (3.31806)
Date: 1940 – 1950Creator: Watts, May Theilgaard
Type: Painting
Description:Color silhouette of a Chestnut Oak tree, including a nature print outline of a leaf, drawings of a twig, a fruit, flowers, and descriptive text.
Header: CHESTNUT OAK
Drawings and text from top to bottom, left to right:
- leaf
- tree
- twig with buds: native just south of Arboretum
- fruit: matures in one year; kernel sweet
- flowers
Extent: 1 sheet
Tree Portraits: Kentucky Coffeetree (3.31802)
Date: 1940 – 1950Creator: Watts, May Theilgaard
Type: Painting
Description:A nature print outline of a Kentucky Coffeetree leaf, drawings of its seeds, a twig, and descriptive text.
Header: KENTUCKY COFFEE TREE
Drawings and text from top to bottom, left to right:
- leaf
- seeds
- twig: salmon-colored pith
Extent: 1 sheet
Tree Portraits: English Oak (3.31801)
Date: 1940 – 1950Creator: Watts, May Theilgaard
Type: Painting
Description:Color silhouette of an English Oak tree, including a nature print outline of a leaf, a drawing of a fruit, a twig, and descriptive text.
Header: ENGLISH OAK
Drawings and text from top to bottom, left to right:
- leaf: alternate
- fruit: not native
- tree: European
- twig with buds
Extent: 1 sheet
Tree Portraits: Swamp White Oak (3.31796)
Date: 1940 – 1950Creator: Watts, May Theilgaard
Type: Painting
Description:Color silhouette of a Swamp White Oak tree, including a nature print outline of a leaf, drawings of a twig, a fruit, and descriptive text.
Header: SWAMP WHITE OAK
Drawings and text from top to bottom, left to right:
- leaf
- fruit
- tree: on low ground
- twig
Extent: 1 sheet
Tree Portraits: White Ash (3.31792)
Date: 1940 – 1950Creator: Watts, May Theilgaard
Type: Painting
Description:Color silhouette of a White Ash tree, including a nature print outline of a leaf, drawings of a twig and a seed, and descriptive text.
Header: WHITE ASH
Drawings and text, from top to bottom, left to right:
- leaves: opposite branching
- tree
- twig with close-up sketch of texture: diamond-shaped ridges
- seeds
Extent: 1 sheet
Tree Portraits: Willow (3.31790)
Date: 1940 – 1950Creator: Watts, May Theilgaard
Type: Painting
Description:Color silhouette of a Willow tree, including a nature print outline of a leaf, a drawing of a twig with buds, and descriptive text.
Header: WILLOW
Drawings and text, from top to bottom, left to right:
- leaf
- twig and buds: single scale on each bud
- tree: twigs slender, yellow in Spring; along a river bank
Extent: 1 sheet
Winter buds, branch structure (3.31484)
Date: circa 1924Type: Painting
Extent: 1 sheet (2 prints) : commercial reproduction, b&w 18 x 28 cm.