14 artworks, primarily watercolours, by JH Hicks during his trip to Bhutan in 1949
Art
35 Archival description results for Art
1 ink drawing.
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Habitat x1 CGP 6494 [CPG? 6494]
flower detail x 4
2 framed pencil and watercolour paintings showing different aspects of Dawyck House.
AnonDiary of Joseph F.C. Rock; Yunnanfu to Lichiang; January 13th 1935 to January 1st 1937
Also includes:
- June 14th 1951
- New Year 1953-1954
- January 30th 1954
- Sept 6th 1954
- New Year 1958-1959, including January 13th 1959
- January 13th 1962.
Includes loose air ticket and newspaper article and pasted in photographs of Rock including some with the plane on the Lijiang plain in 1936 (pp153-159) and others of ‘Viennese guests’ Herr Max Reisch and Herr Helmuth Hahmann (pp174-175).
There are some views drawn into the diary including more detailed sketches of Amichou (p22) and Chapa (p34). Also a description and brief sketch of the skull of Homo Sinanthropus or ‘Peking Man’ (pp103-104), refers to Professor Weidenreich.
1 ink drawing by Margaret Tebbs.
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Habitat x1 G&C 236
Flower detail x4
Stamens x 6 G&C 205/CPG7118
Ovary x12 G&C 205/CPG7118
1 ink drawing by Margaret Tebbs.
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Pelargonium sp.
GBB493
1 habitat x1
2 exploded flower x3
3 stamens x6
4 ovary x6
1 watercolour painting of "Tashiding" garden.
Text on bottom of sheet:
Hicks, John Herbert"Tashiding" garden.
March 1949
1 watercolour painting of a view of Trongsa Dzong, Bhutan.
Text on bottom left corner:
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Hicks, John HerbertAt Trongsa Dzong 15/10/49
1 watercolour painting of a hilly valley, with buildings, including Byakar Dzong [Jakar Dzong]. Mountains in the distance
Text on bottom right corner:
[TRANSCRIPTION]
Hicks, John HerbertByakar Dzong [Jakar Dzong]
Apr. 12th 1949