Saccolabium Veolaceum 05_09_23 Pen and ink and ink

Pen and ink and ink wash on paper

Produced in Switzerland and printed shortly after the advent of movable type

including prominent features such as the Indus and Ganges river systems

While Ross was able to provide a good account of the Eastern Bank of the River

Date: 1778

Saccolabium Veolaceum 05_09_23 Pen and ink and inkSertum orchidaceum, an album so titled of watercolour drawings of orchids. English, mid nineteenth century Watercolour drawings of orchids and flowering plants, captioned at foot HIGHLY ACCOMPLISHED LARGE SCALE WATERCOLOUR DRAWINGS. A pencil note on the fly leaf reads These drawings are thought to be done by the wife of MacFarlane the celebrated orchid painter (i. e. James Laird MacFarlane, 1836 1913). PROVENANCE: Samuel Williams Fuller (c. 1777 1857)