Accession No

6662.31

Brief Description

Folder of 32 paintings/drawings labelled "Pear Scab," no. 31 of 35, by Dr W. A. R. Dillon Weston, English, 1930s

Origin

England; Cambridgeshire

Maker

Dillon Weston, W. A. R.

Class

natural history

Earliest Date

1932

Latest Date

1938

Inscription Date

Material

paper

Dimensions

365mm x 250mm

Special Collection

Dr W. A. R. Dillon Weston Collection

Provenance

Inscription

Many pages have typed notes; see Description Notes.

Description Notes

Folder of 32 paintings/drawings labelled "Pear Scab," no. 31 of 35, by Dr W. A. R. Dillon Weston, English, 1930s

NOTE: all objects have been transferred into archive folders for conservation purposes; original folders were photographed (see Images) and are stored separately.

6662.31.a -- "SCAB PUSTULES."
Watercolour and pen drawing of a bud and spur wood of a pear tree.

6662.31.b -- "PEAR SCAB."
Watercolour of a pear scab on spur, dated 5 April 1936.

6662.31.c -- "PEAR SCAB."
Watercolour of a pear scab with typed description of the specimen.

6662.31.d --
Watercolour and pen drawing of pear scab, dated 5-6 April 1936.

6662.31.e --
Watercolour and pen drawing of pear scab, dated 4-5 April 1936.

6662.31.f -- "PEAR SCAB."
Watercolour of a pear scab with typed description of the specimen.

6662.31.g -- "PEAR SCAB."
Watercolour of a pear scab with typed description of the specimen.

6662.31.h -- "PEAR SCAB."
Watercolour of a pear spur with typed description of the specimen and fungus, dated 1933.

6662.31.i -- "AFFECTED SPUR WOOD OF DOYENNE DU CONICE."
Watercolours of spurs pasted on a smaller ( ) piece of paper, with typed description of the spurs.

6662.31.j -- "STAGES OF APPLE AND PEAR TWIGS WHEN SCAB SPORES WERE FIRST TRAPPED ON THE SLIDES."
Six watercolours of pear branches pasted on the page, with typed descriptions of each stage.

6662.31.k -- "RATE OF THE GROWTH OF THE SCAB ORGANISMS"
Four pen sketches of test tubes pasted on the page, with typed description of the results of the experiment, and on the fungus generally.

6662.31.l -- "INFECTED DURONDEAU PEARS"
Watercolour and pen drawing of infected pear fruitlets.

6662.31.m -- "Pear Scab."
Pen drawing of a pear flower, 26-30 April 1936.

6662.31.n --
Unlabelled pen drawing of a pear bud.

6662.31.o --
Unlabelled pen drawing of a pear bud.

6662.31.p -- "INFECTED DURONDEAU PEARS"
Watercolour and pen drawing of infected pear fruitlets.

6662.31.q -- "SCAB PUSTULES"
Pen drawing of a pear fruitlet.

6662.31.r -- "PEAR SCAB"
Watercolour of a pear bud. The watercolour has been pasted on the page, and cut open in two spots, where some material has been stuffed between the watercolour and the page in order to create a bulge; this material, painted black, simulates the spores. Dated 27 March 1933.

6662.31.s --
Unlabelled watercolour of pear buds.

6662.31.t -- "PEAR SCAB."
Two watercolours of pear branches. The watercolour has been pasted on the page, and cut open in two spots, where some material has been stuffed between the watercolour and the page in order to create a bulge; this material, painted black, simulates the spores. Typed notes describe the specimen and spread of disease.

6662.31.u -- "PEAR SCAB."
A watercolour of pear a pear bud. The watercolour has been pasted on the page, and cut open in two spots, where some material has been stuffed between the watercolour and the page in order to create a bulge; this material, painted black, simulates the spores. Typed notes describe the specimen and spread of disease.

6662.31.v -- "PEAR SCAB."
A watercolour of pear a pear bud. The watercolour has been pasted on the page, and cut open in two spots, where some material has been stuffed between the watercolour and the page in order to create a bulge; this material, painted black, simulates the spores. Dated 20 March 1923 (sic?).

6662.31.w -- "PEAR SCAB."
Watercolour of a pear branch with black scabs; typed description of specimen, dated 24 March 1933.

6662.31.x -- "PEAR SCAB'
Watercolours of two pear branches. On the right, the watercolour has been pasted on the page, and cut open in five spots, where some material has been stuffed between the watercolour and the page in order to create a bulge; this material, painted grey, simulates the spores. Typed description of the specimen dated 12 March.

6662.31.y -- "PEAR SCAB"
Watercolour of a pear branch pasted on the page with typed description of the specimen, dated 2 March 1933.

6662.31.z -- "PEAR SCAB"
Pen drawings of two pear twigs, with typed descriptions of the specimens dated 20 March 1933.

6662.31.aa -- "PEAR SCAB Marguerite Marrilot"
Watercolour of a pear bud, The watercolour has been pasted on the page, and cut open in two spots, where some material has been stuffed between the watercolour and the page in order to create a bulge; this material, painted black, simulates the spores.

6662.31.bb -- "SCAB DAMAGE VENTURIA PYRINA"
Watercolour of a pear branch section, with typed description of specimen, dated 19 June 1933.

6662.31.cc --
Unlabelled watercolour, possibly unfinished, of a pear bud.

6662.31.dd --
Four unlabelled watercolours of pear leaves, buds and flowers.

6662.31.ee --
Small watercolour of a pear leaf, with typed description of specimen, dated 26 April 1936.

6662.31.ff --"PEAR SCAB, Venturia pyrina."
Four watercolours of conidia, magnified x1000.

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