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GB 891 WJ-WJ/3-WJ/3/2
Title
Sketchbook of botanical drawings
Date(s)
- 1789-1793 (Creation)
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1 sketchbook
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This is a sketchbook of botanical drawings consisting of sheets of paper sewn together. One is signed AMJ (Anna Maria Jones), Others have inscriptions by William Jones. The specimens were drawn at Krishnagar, October 1789, September - October 1791, September - October, 1792; Harishnagar May - July, 1791, March - May 1792; and Calcutta, March 1793. Most of the sketches are in pencil with some watercolour additions. Among the labelled ones there are:
- Menyanthes, dated October 1791
- Hydrophyllum, dated 26 October 1791
- Capparis, dated 19 August 1791
- Crotalaria, dated 12 July 1791
- Cerbera Manghas, dated 26 July 1791
- Pistia, dated 30 September 1791
- Urena Sinuata, dated 21 September 1791
- Celtis Orientalis
- Coocoo Cheri, dated 1793
Also within the sketchbook are some herbarium specimens.
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- English
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Note
This is 024.034 and 025.035 in the Head catalogue.