Collections : [Yale University -Yale Center for British Art]

Inscribed in graphite: "Richard Shirley Smith."

Inscribed in graphite: "Richard Shirley Smith."

Depicts a long avenue on the sides of which grow heavy clusters of palms and other vegetation. Has the ink stamp of "Alex. Rambert" on the reverse.

Contains works signed "S.C.P.", the initials of Sarah Charlotte Pease. The botanical studies are done in watercolor throughout. Flowers depicted include roses, coneflowers, bush honeysuckle, Capsicum, lilies, poppies, and Buddleia. Several of the pieces are labeled "Ben Welldene," which was the home of the Hodgkin family, into which Sarah eventually married. Benwell Dene was designed by Alfred Waterhouse for Dr. Thomas Hodgkin, who later donated the house to the Royal Victoria School for the Blind. Other pieces were painted in Scotland, Germany, and at the Pease family home, Hutton Hall.

The image shows a stalk of a plant without surrounding illustration. No Latin name is given.

The image shows a grain with several stalks and roots visible, without surrounding illustration. The Latin name is listed as Cynosurus crocanus.