Drawings
Poppy
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- Date
- ca. 1881
- Accession number
- 2000.5.1828
- Maker
- Morris and Company(Opens in new tab) (British, 1861–1940)
- Designer
- designed by William Morris(Opens in new tab) (British, 1834–1896)
- Dimensions
- 15 1/8 x 10 in. (38.4 x 25.4 cm.)
- Medium
- watercolor and ink on paper
- Description
- Three separate blossoms - at top, large, open blossom, petals spread symmetrically from stem; central petals curling upwards around seeded center. At center, small tulip-like blossom, two large petals curling around its center. At bottom, dandelion-like flower, fully opened, seven petals radiating out from seeded center. Black outlining.
