Watercolour illustration of the buttercup (Ranunculaceae) and dogbane/milkweed (Apocynaceae) family flowers, Plate 7 from 'Wild Flowers in New Zealand'

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Watercolour illustration of the buttercup (Ranunculaceae) and dogbane/milkweed (Apocynaceae) family flowers, Plate 7 from 'Wild Flowers in New Zealand'

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Nancy Adams was one of New Zealand’s most prolific botanists, and a talented artist. She painted an incredible number of botanical illustrations, using them to produce important books about New Zealand flora, seaweeds, mosses and trees. One of these books is Wild Flowers in New Zealand, Nancy Adams’ homage to the flowers often overlooked—dismissed as weeds, or too commonplace to be investigated with curiosity. In her introduction to Wild Flowers in New Zealand Adams outlines her philosophy t...

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Date created

1970s

Creator

Nancy Adams CBE

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https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/828575

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