Ox-eye daisy & black-eyed susan – Vintage Print
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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A window into the past: Ox-eye daisy & black-eyed susan, preserved in this historic drawing. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Ox-eye daisy & black-eyed susan
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An ox-eye daisy and a black-eyed Susan share a single sheet in this June 1882 watercolor, painted in South Newbury, Vermont. The inscription on the back labels them with their older botanical names, Chrysanthemum leucanthemum and Rudbeckia hirta, a reminder that both belong to the composite family. The ox-eye daisy came to North America from Europe and spread along New England roadsides and pastures, while black-eyed Susan is native to the continent, so the pair sets an immigrant weed beside a homegrown wildflower. Layered watercolor and gouache give the petals a soft, chalky body.
| Created / published | 1882 June. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 drawing : watercolor and gouache ; 16 x 9.5 cm. (image), 23 x 15.5 cm. (mount) |
| Genre | Watercolors 1880-1890.Gouaches 1880-1890.Drawings Color 1880-1890. |
| Notes | Inscribed on verso: Compositor, Chrysanthemum leucanthemum & Rudbeckia hirta, S. Newbury, Vt., U.S.A., June 1882. Label pasted on recto: Chrysanthemum leucanthemum. |
| Subjects | Wildflowers--Vermont--1880-1890. Daisies--Vermont--1880-1890. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,287 × 4,096 px · prints to 11 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-218789 |
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