Maoriland Native Flower Series
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Maoriland Native Flower Series
DESCRIPTION
Issued: c 1909
Colour photo-lithograph postcards.
Reproduced from watercolours by Esmond Atkinson.
CARD SIZE: 5 1/2 x 3 1/2 inches (14 x 8.8 cm).
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
CONDITION: Very good.
THE POSTCARD PHOTOS: Brightness and colouring are dependent on the camera as well as the settings of the device used to see these cards.
SHIPPING: Price includes shipping.
Series Postcard titles:
- Ngaio, Myoporum loctum
- Kaikaiatria, Rhobdothamnus Solandri
- Kowhai-ngutu-Kaka, Clianthis puniceus
- Manaka, Septospermum scoparium
- Kowhai, Sophora Tetraptera
- Houhere, Hoheria populnes
- Aka, White Rata, Metrosideros scandens
- Akiraho, Olearia fosteri
- Koramiko, Veronica Salicifolia
- Ngutu, Clematis Puniceus
- Pohutakawa, Metrosideros excelsus
- Pikiarero, Clematis Asipola
ATKINSON, Born Wellington, 1888, grandson of painter and politician J.C. Richmond and nephew of painter D.K. Richmond. Atkinson was a self-taught artist. He studied botany and worked for the Department of Agriculture in the Dominion Museum, Wellington (1928-32), as the official artist.
His watercolours were reproduced in single plates for New Zealand Flowers and Fruits, 1958.
He exhibited with the New Zealand Academy of Fine Arts from 1906, the Centennial Exhibition, and was represented in NAG (National Art Gallery) and the Hocken Library.
Reference:
New Zealand Flowers, Atkinson, Esmond.
Artist and Botanist, The Life and Work of Esmond Atkinson, Moore, John L. (ed), illustrated by Atkinson.
