Tacca chantieri or The Black Bat Flower
Mary Grierson (b.Bangor 1912)
Category
Art / Drawings and watercolours
Date
1980
Materials
Watercolour on paper
Measurements
427 x 323 mm
Order this imageCollection
Dudmaston, Shropshire
NT 813661
Summary
Watercolour and pencil on paper, Tacca chantieri or the Black Bat Flower by Mary Grierson (b.Bangor 1912). Pencil drawn watercolour of group of 'Tacca chantieri'. Four purple flowers, showing seed pods and flowing tendrils. Two large green striped leaves and detailed butterfly to left. Cream card mount; glazed in narrow plain pine frame. The Black bat flower, Tacca chantrieri, is a species of flowering plant in the yam family
Provenance
Lady Labouchere collection.
Marks and inscriptions
'Mary Grierson' (signed)
Makers and roles
Mary Grierson (b.Bangor 1912), artist