Mrs. P. D. H. Page, 20th century, Milkweed, after the Original by John White in the British Museum [Sir Walter Raleigh's Virginia, No. 55 A], undated
- Title:
Milkweed, after the Original by John White in the British Museum [Sir Walter Raleigh's Virginia, No. 55 A]
- Additional Title(s):
Wysauke.
- Date:
- undated
- Medium:
- Watercolor over graphite on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 13 15/16 × 8 1/8 inches (35.4 × 20.6 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in pen with black-green ink, upper left: "The hearbe wch the Savages call Wysauke | where wth theie cure theire wounds wch | they receave by the poysoned arroes | of theire enemyes. etc."; inscribed in pen with black ink, upper right: "Wysauke."
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- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Copyright Undetermined
- Accession Number:
- B2001.2.1042
- Classification:
- Drawings & Watercolors
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- botanical subject | herb | leaves (plant materials) | plant | stem
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:46566
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Wilde Americk - Discovery and Exploration of the New World, 1500-1850 (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-09-27 - 2001-09-27) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition] [Exhibition Description]
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