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OBJECT TYPE: WATERCOLOUR
DATE: 1921
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1987.2473.001

MANUFACTURER: Unknown
MODEL: POTATO/DISEASED
LOCATION: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: PAPER

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length: 23.0 cm
Width: 15.4 cm
Height: N/A
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Agriculture
Category: Research
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Fyles
Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
City: Ottawa

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
Period: 1920S
Canada: THIS ILLUSTRATION WAS PART OF THE HORTICULTURAL RESEARCH PROGRAM AT THE CENTRAL EXPERIMENTAL FARM IN OTTAWA IN THE 1920S. THE ARTIST, FAITH FYLES, WAS ALSO A BOTANIST, AND WAS THE FIRST PROFESSIONAL WOMAN HIRED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE.
Function: USED IN HORTICULTURAL RESEARCH TO ILLUSTRATE A DISEASED POTATO
Technical: ARTISTS WERE EMPLOYED TO ILLUSTRATE PLANTS BEING STUDIED IN ORDER TO PROVIDE A RECORD OF TRUE COLOUR AND TECHNICAL DETAIL BEFORE THE TIME OF RELIABLE COLOUR PHOTOGRAPHY
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: HANDWRITTEN ON FRONT: 'Faith Fyles'/ HANDWRITTEN IN CURSIVE ON BACK: 'Potato/ sent by W.R. Allan/ Angus, Ont./ Oct. 15th 1921 -/ F. Fyles'
Missing: None apparent.
Finish: WHITE BACKGROUND; PAINTING IN SHADES OF BROWN, YELLOW AND GREY
Decoration: N/A

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Unknown Manufacturer, Painting, 1921, Artifact no. 1987.2473, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1987.2473.001/

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