Francis Danby - The Upas, or Poison-Tree, in the Island of Java
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Artist: Francis Danby (1793-1861). Object type: paintingobject_type QS:P31,Q3305213. Description: English: Francis Danby - The Upas, or Poison-Tree, in the Island of Java - painting by Francis Danby, oil on canvas, ca. 1820. 160.8 cm x 235.4 cm estimate. Inspired by legends about the tropical upas tree (Antiaris toxicaria), especially the account in Erasmus Darwin's "Loves of the Plants". Date: circa 1820 date QS:P571,+1820-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902. Medium: oil on canvasmedium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259. Source/Photographer: Collections of The Victoria and Albert Museum, London.
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- Life (creatures)
- Cellular (cellular organisms)
- Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
- Archaeplastida (plants)
- Chloroplastida (green plants)
- Streptophyta
- Embryophytes
- Tracheophyta (ferns)
- Spermatophytes (seed plants)
- Angiosperms (Dicotyledons)
- Eudicots
- Superrosids
- Rosids
- Rosales ("Order: Roses, Figs, Nettles & relatives")
- Moraceae (fig family)
- Antiaris (bark cloth tree)
- Antiaris toxicaria (False Mvule)
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