Item HCO/1/1/5/1 - Regal Pelargoniums

Extent: 1 folder

1. Watercolour on paper (26.5 x 18.1 cm): 7 paintings of individual Pelargononium flowers in shades of white and pink: varieties 'Escot', 'Escot's Roots', 'Mrs Gordon', '<Hrog's> Root', 'Pearl' (2), 'Thibaut' (inscribed in pencil around edge). Painted on black paper with cream border annotated in pencil. Each flower is in a perforated card circle. Bottom reads 'hand paint', no date or signature. (Cat. ref. 5D9) 2.Watercolour or painted photograph on card (14.3 x 9.7 cm): single white/red pelargonium flower painted on grey/mauve circle, cream card. Inscribed in pencil '164/20, Pearl root x Mrs Gordon, signed HCO, dated June 1921. Back inscribed 'another one I painted before' and 'better photo'. (Cat. ref 2.2,a) 3.Watercolour on cream card (13 x 15.1 cm) of two pelargonium flowers in pink/purple and red, inscribed in pencil, 'Don juan 90/20, May' and '91/20 Don juan', not signed, dated May 1922 (?Cat ref. 2.2., b) 4.Watercolour on cream card (9.5 x 18.2 cm) of two pelargonium flowers in white/purple and pink/red, inscribed in pencil, '(KB x Escot), 11/21, 11/21, alm same as 8/21' and '(Escot's root x KB), 13/21', signed HCO, dated May 1922. 5. Painted photograph of a white/pink/purple pelargonium flower on silver/black background, back inscribed 'Escot, 7 C, Intermediate [P?]ew form), Leaf cutting'. No date. 6. Postcard: painted photograph of a white/pink/ pelargonium flower on silver/black background NB. Most of these belong to the 'Bouvardia, Pelargonium' Album (HCO/1/4/1/2)

Admin History: Most of these belong to the 'Bouvardia, Pelargonium' Album (HCO/1/4/1/2)