Painting: Elaeocarpus dentatus var. dentatus (hīnau)

Maker
Margaret Olrog Stoddart
Production date
1889
Description
One portrait format, oil painting on paper of the branch of a plant with small white flowers and thin leaves with slightly serrated edges. Painted by Margaret Olrog Stoddart in 1889. This botanical painting has a label attached which reads 'Hedycarya arborea', however this painting actually depicts Elaeocarpus dentatus var. dentatus (hīnau).
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Measurements
Area: whole: W x 270 H 360mm (W x 10 5/8 H 14 3/16")
Dimensions L x W: whole: 359 x 275mm
Other id
7/07
MOS.39
Accession number
1907.7.40
Marks and Inscriptions
Marks/Inscriptions: M.O.S. 1889; Type of mark: Initials and Date; Method: Painted
Marks/Inscriptions: Hedycarya arborea; Type of mark: Title; Method: Hand-written; Notes: Written in pencil verso. Probably not by the artist.
Marks/Inscriptions: Astelia [Cuminghancii?] illegible; Type of mark: Title; Method: Hand-written; Notes: Written in pencil verso, probably not by the artist.

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