Wild Carrot

A black etching of a Queen Anne's lace flower seen from directly above, a lacy round umbel of tiny flowers, fine lines, a botanical print on cream paper with the plate mark visible. — Wild Carrot

Dublin Core

Title: Wild Carrot
Subject: Plants; Etchings
Description: Queen Anne's lace, drawn from above so the flower becomes a map. Achterberg printed only twelve impressions before the plate wore.
Creator: Nell Achterberg
Date: 1964
Rights: Fictional demonstration content created for the Omeka demo sites. The artists and works are invented and the images were generated with AI (FLUX.2). Free to reuse (CC0 1.0).
Type: Print
Identifier: 1974.3.7
Extent: 30.5 × 22.9 cm (12 × 9 in.)
Provenance: Gift of the Harlow Garden Club, 1974
Medium: Etching

Nell Achterberg 1919–1993

Wild Carrot, 1964

Medium: Etching

Extent: 30.5 × 22.9 cm (12 × 9 in.)

Provenance: Gift of the Harlow Garden Club, 1974

Identifier: 1974.3.7

Queen Anne's lace, drawn from above so the flower becomes a map. Achterberg printed only twelve impressions before the plate wore.

Rights & reuse

Fictional demonstration content created for the Omeka demo sites. The artists and works are invented and the images were generated with AI (FLUX.2). Free to reuse (CC0 1.0).

Cite this

Nell Achterberg. “Wild Carrot.” 1964. Wrenfield Museum of Art. https://01hy7jb6pdd1k4jjjn56z4587d.app-platform-1.refbytes.com/items/show/227 (accessed October 27, 2026).

Collection

Prints and Drawings