South African flowers of the Eastern Province

  • This material is held at
  • Reference
      GB 115 RCS/RCMS 212
  • Dates of Creation
      1866-1877
  • Language of Material
      English .
  • Physical Description
      1 file(s) 1 box-file watercolour

Scope and Content

Twenty-three watercolours mounted on card, 12" x 16½". The paintings have pencilled titles and in some cases places and dates. They include agapanthus, antholyza, bellandonna lily, Cape Town bulbs, Cape honeysuckle (tecona-capensis), common olive, cyrtanthus, gladiolus, grenadilla, hybiscus, hyobanche sanguinea, iris, pelargonium, plumbago, sparaxis pendula and thistle.

Administrative / Biographical History

J. Rose Cotterill's background is not known.

Access Information

Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).

Acquisition Information

Presented by E. Bourdillon through Sir Harry Wilson, April 1920.

Note

Includes index.

Other Finding Aids

MSS 5

MSS Addenda, vol. III; Donald H. Simpson, ed., 'The manuscript catalogue of the library of the Royal Commonwealth Society' (London, 1975), p. 123.

A catalogue of the collection can be found on ArchiveSearch.

Additional Information

This collection level description was created by RAS using information from the original typescript catalogue.

Cotterill, J Rose, fl 1866-1920, née Bell