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New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Milkweed/Asclepias Pulchra
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.

Milkweed/Asclepias Pulchra

Artist Elizabeth (Bessie) Murray Tyler (American, 1892 - 1980)
CultureAmerican
Dateca. 1934
MediumWatercolor and graphite
DimensionsOverall: 7 1/8 x 5 3/16 in. (18.1 x 13.2 cm)
Overall, Mat: 14 1/4 x 19 1/4 in. (36.2 x 48.9 cm)
InscribedSigned lower right; dated "June 21".
Credit LineMuseum collection
Object number41.45.1
Not on view
DescriptionPart of the Tidewater Wildflowers series, done as a WPA Project. Watercolor depicting milkweed.

Exhibition History"Tidewater Artists in the Permanent Collection", 7/3/68-8/31/68.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Elizabeth (Bessie) Murray Tyler
ca. 1934
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Elizabeth (Bessie) Murray Tyler
ca. 1934
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Elizabeth (Bessie) Murray Tyler
ca. 1934
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Elizabeth (Bessie) Murray Tyler
ca. 1934
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Elizabeth (Bessie) Murray Tyler
ca. 1934
New photography by Shane Butler captured with a digital camera-2010
Elizabeth (Bessie) Murray Tyler
ca. 1934
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Elizabeth (Bessie) Murray Tyler
ca. 1934
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Elizabeth (Bessie) Murray Tyler
ca. 1934
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Elizabeth (Bessie) Murray Tyler
ca. 1934
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Elizabeth (Bessie) Murray Tyler
ca. 1934
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Elizabeth (Bessie) Murray Tyler
ca. 1934