Waratah

"Waratah" is botanical watercolour by George Raper, dated c. 1789.

Direct match for Waratah and one of the earliest surviving European botanical depictions of Australian flora.

On onlly.art this reproduction sits within the Australian Bushland Botanical collection. Botanical watercolour · c. 1789 · medium: Botanical watercolour. The work is associated with the Australian Bushland collection. Native vegetation is a defining component of the Australian bush. This work depicts waratah; telopea speciosissima, Australian native flora associated with bush ecosystems, so the botanical study fits the theme even without a landscape setting.

George Raper is represented in the onlly.art catalog.

This page also draws on collection-level information related to Australian Bushland.