Grias cauliflora

Description:

Watercolor and gouache painting illustrating the branch, leaves, buds and bloom of the anchovy pear (Grias cauliflora) plant. The opacity of the flowers and trunk suggest that they were painted in gouache.

Taylor painted this scientific illustration during her second expedition with William Beebe in British Guiana (now Guyana).

Gift of the artist, 1946.

• Title: Grias cauliflora
• Creator: Taylor, Anna Heyward, 1879-1956
• Date: c. 1920
• Culture: American
• School: Academic
• Dimensions: H-19 W-14 inches

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• Collection: Works on Paper Collection
• Object Name: Anna Heyward Taylor Artwork
• Other Name: Work on Paper
• Object Id: AZ 1184

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