Watercolour wildflower painting, Lagunaria patersonia (Norfolk Island Hibiscus), watercolour on paper, by (Marian) Ellis Rowan, Australia, c. 1900

Watercolour and gouache painting on paper depicting a flowering branch of Norfolk Island Hibiscus with flowers, buds and seed cases on a dark brown background.

(Marian) Ellis Rowan, born Melbourne, Victoria, 1848, died 1922. Botanical artist and Botanical collector best known for her Australian wild flower paintings. The Australian government bought 947 of them in 1923 and the collection is held at the National Library of Australia, together with a portrait of her by John Longstaff.

Different versions of her name appear as (Marian) Ellis Rowan, Marian Ellis Rowan and Ellis Rowan.

Rowan, Marian Ellis

Australia, Oceania

The biological science which deals with plant life

Botany

Australian plants

Watercolour painting

Botanical illustration

P2559 Painting, Lagunaria patersonia (Norfolk Island Hibiscus), watercolour / gouache / paper, Marian Ellis Rowan, Australia, c. 1900

Botanical drawings

Paintings executed in pigments bound with a medium (generally gum arabic) which is soluble in water.

POWERHOUSE COLLECTION

Wildflower painting of Norfolk Island Hibiscus by Ellis Rowan

Object No. P2559

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