Details

Subject(s)

• Flowers in art [Browse]
• Magazine illustration—Great Britain—20th century—Design [Browse]
• Orchids in art [Browse]
• Botanical illustration—Great Britain—20th century—Design [Browse]
• Drawing [Browse]

Notes

• Medium: Watercolors, Gouaches on board
• Inscribed in ink, verso: "Laelio-Cattleya, callistoglossa; excelsa. // Plant No. 2667. // Painted for J. Leemann Esqr. by Macfarlane // 21st May, 1901. // This drawing should be kept in a folio, and // not constantly exposed to the light".
• Item description: From a series of 180 drawings of orchids.
• Provenance: From the collections of John Leeman (c. 1843-1918) at West Bank House, Heaton Mersey, Lancs., England.

Other title(s)

Orchid Review, 1918

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