Nancy M. Adams (1926-2007)
A DigitalNZ Story by Sienna Latham
Adams, who joined the Dominion Museum as assistant curator of botany in 1959, contributed to nearly forty botanical publications. She was internationally recognized for her skill as an illustrator, and an exhibition of her work travelled the nation between 2003 and 2006. In 2006/7 Te Papa acquired more than ten thousand of Adams's sketches, watercolors, etchings and other works. This set contains just a small sample of some of her most remarkable pieces. More on Adams here: http://clerestories.com/2012/11/07/remembering-nancy-adams/
botany, trees, native, alpine, seaweed, algae, flowers, wellington, illustration
Nancy Adams, curator and artist, Dominion Museum, Wellington, New Zealand
Alexander Turnbull Library
Forest Scene
Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
Campanulaceae - Lobelia roughii
Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
Mountain berries
Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
Spindrift
Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
Watercolour illustration of Xiphophora seaweed specimens, Plate 36 from 'Seaweeds of New Zealand'
Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
Boraginaceae - Myosotis australis
Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
Unidentified Species
Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
Apiaceae - Anisotome haastii
Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
Unidentified species
Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
Rubiaceae - Nertera scapanioides
Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
Nothofagaceae - Nothofagus solandri var. cliffortioides
Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
Poaceae - Hierochloe alpina
Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
Podocarpaceae - Prumnopitys ferruginea
Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
Epacridaceae - Cyathodes colensoi
Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
Campanulaceae - Wahlenbergia cartilaginea
Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
Campanulaceae - Pratia angulata
Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
Convolulaceae - Calystegia soldanella
Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
Fabaceae - Corallospartium
Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
Gentianaceae - Gentiana bellidifolia
Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
Gentianaceae - Gentiana bellidifolia
Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
Gentianaceae
Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
Watercolour illustration of a native gentian (Gentiana bellidifolia), published on page 56 of 'Mountain Flowers in New Zealand'.
Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
Asteraceae - Craspedia uniflora
Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
Asteraceae - Leucogenes grandiceps
Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
Asteraceae - Haastia sinclairii var. fulvida
Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
Apiaceae - Aciphylla simplex
Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
Ranunculaceae - Clematis forsteri
Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
Watercolour illustration of the Dasyclonium, Plate 107 from 'Seaweeds of New Zealand'
Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
R flavidum
Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
Verbenaceae - Vitex lucens
Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
Scrophulariaceae - unnamed species
Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
Araliaceae - Schefflera digitata
Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
Ophioglossaceae - Ophioglossum coriaceum
Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
Caryophyllaceae - Colobanthus acicularis
Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
Unnamed specimen
Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
Ranunculaceae - Helleborus niger
Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
Ranunculaceae - Runuculus lyalli
Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
Ranunculaceae - unnamed specimen
Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
Watercolour illustration of Helminthocladia seaweed specimens, Plate 49 from 'Seaweeds of New Zealand'
Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
Cyperaceae - Uncinia viridis
Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
Cardiomanes reniforme
Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
Pyrrosia serpens
Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
Nature print
Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
Lycopodium Scariosum
Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
Unidentified species
Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
Strigulaceae - Strigula novae-zelandiae, S. Superbum and S. ?
Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
Scrophulariaceae - Hebe venustula
Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
Poaceae - Poa pygmaea
Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
Podocarpaceae - Podocarpus nivalis
Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
Gentianaceae - Gentiana concinna
Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
Watercolour illustration of the Nemastoma algae, Plate 68 from 'Seaweeds of New Zealand'
Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
Watercolour illustration of the Iridaea algae, Plate 64 from 'Seaweeds of New Zealand'
Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
Watercolour illustration of the Kallymeniaceae algae, Plate 75 from 'Seaweeds of New Zealand'
Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
Watercolour illustration of the Chordariaceae algae, Plate 16 from 'Seaweeds of New Zealand'
Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
Asteraceae - Olearia rani
Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
Watercolour illustration of the iris (Iridaceae) family flowers, Plate 5 in 'Wild Flowers in New Zealand'
Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
Dobson's Memorial, Arthurs Pass
Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
Gleicheniaceae - Gleichenia dicarpa
Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
Watercolour illustration of the buttercup (Ranunculaceae) and dogbane/milkweed (Apocynaceae) family flowers, Plate 7 from 'Wild Flowers in New Zeal...
Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
Cover design for Mount Cook National Park booklet
Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
Poaceae - Chionochloa australis
Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
Grossulariaceae - Quintinia acutifolia
Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
Pencil sketch of mountain beech (Nothofagaceae - Nothofagus solandri var. cliffortioides) on a mountain tarn, published on page 11 of 'Mountain Flo...
Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
Primulaceae - Cyclamen neapolitanum
Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
Ericaceae - Pernettya nana
Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
Ericaceae - Gaultheria depressa
Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
Droseraceae - Drosera arcturi
Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
Unidentified specimen
Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
Apiaceae - Gingidia enysii
Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
Rubiaceae - Coprosma brunnea
Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
Asteraceae - Raoulia eximia
Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
Asteraceae - Raoulia youngii
Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
Asteraceae - Celmisia coriacea
Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
Asteraceae - Haastia recurva
Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
Watercolour illustration of the penwiper (Notothlaspi rosulatum), published on page 20 of 'Mountain Flowers in New Zealand'.
Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
Ranunculaceae - Anemone fulgens
Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
Unidentified species
Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
Unidentified species
Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
Cruciferae - Notothlaspi rosulatum
Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
Rubiaceae - Coprosma parviflora
Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
Orchidaceae - Pterostylis irsoniana
Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
Cunoniaceae - Weinmannia racemosa
Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
Epacridaceae - Dracophyllum fiordense
Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
Agavaceae - Phormium cookianum
Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
Cordyline indivisa
Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
Watercolour illustration of Curdiea seaweed specimens, Plate 57 from 'Seaweeds of New Zealand'
Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
Watercolour illustration of seaweed specimen
Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
Watercolour illustration of Grateloupia seaweed specimens, Plate 70 from 'Seaweeds of New Zealand'
Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
Unnamed
Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
Trichomanes reniforme
Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
Campanulaceae - Colensoa physaloides
Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
Glechinia, Lycopodium, lichens and moss
Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
Myrtaceae - unidentified species
Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
Asteraceae - Raoulia mammillaris
Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
Asteraceae - Olearia angustifolia
Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
Unidentified species
Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
Onagraceae - Epilobium alsinoides subsp. atriplicifolium
Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
Anemone
Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
Epacridaceae - Dracophyllum recurvum
Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa