| Description | This portfolio represents works created by Hilda Margaret Whitaker née Hodge as part of her exploration of South East Asia with the Field Studies Council in 1989 and was curated by her daughter. The pieces are loose mounted on card and are listed as follows: 1. 3 colour photographs of the blossom of a cannon ball tree in the hotel grounds, Sumatra 1989 and a detailed pencil sketch of the blossom with annotations; 2. Study of the cannon ball tree leaf structure in ink, with annotations, 1989; 3. Study of the cannon ball tree fruit and foliage, in ink with annotations, 1989; 4. Study of a Sumatra bat in ink with annotations; 2 colour photographs of a cannon ball tree, 1989; 5. Pencil sketches of a Sumatra bat and mouse deer, using a Malaysian postage stamp as reference for the mouse deer, 1989; on the reverse are 2 figurative sketches in ink of a woman frying bacon in pencil; 6. Sumatra bat sketches in ink and pencil with annotations, drawn on 3 sides of the pages which are taken from a sketch book; the centre fold is fragile and has been taped together, 1989; 7. Undated colour photograph of an unidentified child; 8. Unmailed postcard, message dated 23-29 April 1997, given to Hilda Margaret Whitaker née Hodge and featuring a Malaysian house, entitled 'Tangga Melaka Siri 10, 1992' |