Item HCO/1/4/2/2 - Sphaeralcea (Globe Mallows)

Extent: 1 folder

Folder, entitled 'Sphaeralcea' containing 5 small paintings and 4 photographs of (Globe Mallows): 1. Watercolour on white card (11.2 x 11.4 cm) depicting two Sphaeralcea sprigs, salmon coloured flowers, inscribed in pencil ' H C Osterstock', '112/19 Sep 120', 1/19 Sep 1920'. back inscribed 'F1 from [Mini]ata x Pedata'. 2. Watercolour on white card (6.8 x 12.2 cm) depicting one Sphaeralcea sprig, salmon coloured flowers, inscribed in pencil '4/19? Aug 1920'. Back inscribed 'S.[Min]iata. 3. Watercolour on white card (6.0 x 10.0 cm) depicting one Sphaeralcea sprig, pink coloured flowers, inscribed in pencil '18/19 Aug 1920', signed 'HCO'. Back inscribed ' from [mini]ata x pedata'. 4. Watercolour on white card (5.6 x 12.7 cm) depicting one Sphaeralcea sprig, red coloured flowers, inscribed in pencil '8/19Aug 20'. Back inscribed 'S. Pedata'. 5. Watercolour on white card (9.5 x 11.6 cm) depicting one Sphaeralcea sprig, salmon coloured flowers, inscribed in pencil '22/21 July 1921'. 6. Black & white photograph (poss. from page in a journal/book), of a Sphaeralcea flower, inscribed in pencil '22/21'. 7.-9. Black and white photographs (x3 identical) showing five rows of single Sphaeralcea leaves with 'S. min' and 'S. ped' written by top row, '11/19, 13/19, F1' by 2nd row and 'F2, 1/21, 2/21' by 4th row (missing on photo.9.). Back inscribed ' July 1921, laves of [v]eip[s]eal F.2. families from Sphaeralcea minniata x Pedata'.

Admin History: Dorothea De Winton (1891–1982) started work on Sphaeralcea in 1920 (JIHI Report 1920)