Olive Pink Collection. Coloured pencil on paper sketched by Olive Pink, Thompsons Rock Hole, 27/8/42. Described by Olive Pink as " I call this hybicsus but I think the whites here call it the Deserst Rose ( a silly name !). Fully open blossom - the effect is very papery and slightly more mauve ( in parts) than I have it - buds lovely, rosey and like quince blossom buds rather".

Pink, Olive (1942) Olive Pink Collection. Coloured pencil on paper sketched by Olive Pink, Thompsons Rock Hole, 27/8/42. Described by Olive Pink as " I call this hybicsus but I think the whites here call it the Deserst Rose ( a silly name !). Fully open blossom - the effect is very papery and slightly more mauve ( in parts) than I have it - buds lovely, rosey and like quince blossom buds rather". University of Tasmania Library, Special & Rare Materials Collections, Hobart. (Unpublished)

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Coloured pencil on paper sketched by Olive Pink, Thompsons Rock Hole, 27/8/42. Described by Olive Pink as " I call this hybicsus but I think the whites here call it the Deserst Rose ( a silly name !). Fully open blossom - the effect is very papery and slightly more mauve ( in parts) than I have it - buds lovely, rosey and like quince blossom buds rather". (Dimensions 20x24.5cm) (File No. p6-15-5)

Item Type:	Other
Additional Information:	Copyright: Estate of Olive Pink and the University of Tasmania. This material is subject to copyright protection. Further dealings with this material may be a copyright infringement.
Keywords:	Women anthropologists, Tasmania, Central Australia, Botanical paintings, Flower paintings, Sketches, Botanical Art, Women
Subjects:	410000 The Arts > 410200 Visual Arts and Crafts > 410202 Fine Arts (incl. Sculpture and Painting) 270000 Biological Sciences > 270400 Botany
Collections:	Olive Pink Collection
ID Code:	1533
Deposited By:	UTas Digital Archives Librarian
Deposited On:	08 Aug 2007
Last Modified:	16 Jan 2008 17:20
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