Botanical watercolor drawing of two stems of a morning glory on top, and a fruiting blueberry branch on bottom.
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Photo © President and Fellows of Harvard College

Drawing #1 shows an orange morning glory with four open slender trumpet-shaped flowers and two buds on delicate vine stems. One large pointy triangular leaf crosses the second vine and points downward to the right. Drawing #2 of a blueberry branch below has many small green serrated oval leaves growing around the stems with seventeen small ripe blueberries all around. The berries look plump, round, and juicy. Shadows give dimensionality, the background is antique white. Manuscript of the Latin names in the lower left.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
4.1965.3
People
Unidentified Artist
Previously attributed to Josef Abel, Austrian (1764 - 1818)
Title
Plant Study: 1. Red Morning Glory; 2. Blueberry
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
18th century
Culture
Austrian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/311950

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Transparent and opaque watercolor with gum additions and traces of graphite on off-white modern laid paper
Dimensions
37 x 23.6 cm (14 9/16 x 9 5/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • watermark: countermark: IV

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Loan from the Collection of Edouard Sandoz
Object Number
4.1965.3
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

  • 32Q: 2240 18th Century, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 10/22/2019 - 02/25/2020

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