Tibouchina

Artist Frederick K. Coulson (American, 1869–1931)

DateNovember 28, 1901

Mediumcyanotype on cream wove paper

Dimensionsimage: 13.7 × 18.8 cm (5 3/8 × 7 3/8 in.)
sheet: 19.6 × 24.8 cm (7 11/16 × 9 3/4 in.)
bound: 20.5 × 25.4 × 2 cm (8 1/16 × 10 × 13/16 in.)

ClassificationsPhotographs

Credit LineEliza S. Paine Fund

Object number2010.271.40

DescriptionPhotograph from an album of 208 cyanotypes on cream wove paper.

This striking image of a "Tibouchina" plant focuses our attention on the plant's unusual leaves. A neotropical plant, which in Massachusetts requires a greenhouse environment, the "Tibouchina" reflects Salisbury's interest in Central and South American horticulture.
–"Frederick Coulson: Blueprints of a Golden Age," by James A. Welu, p.59, plate 38
ProvenanceLee Gallery, Winchester, MA

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