General
    General
    Object Auto ID
    73053
    Alternate Codes
    159944
    Common Name
    Watercolour
    Classified Name
    Quantity
    1.00
    Object Description

    The Parliament Collection:
    Two plants with bulbs visible, both have yellow flowers. (Part of a collection, see 34340)Un Amaryllis, d'ont les Sauvages mangent la Bulbequi cuite a le gout de Chataigne. Du Pais des Caffres dans l'Interieur des Terres du Cap.; An amaryllis of which the savages eat the bulb, which when cooked has the taste of a chestnut. From the country of the Kaffirs [sic] in the interior of the Cape.

    Provenance

    Purchased at Sotheby's, London in 1963

    Description
    Technique Types
    Distinguishing Features

    Botanical [plates 119-165]

    Measurement Type Unit Value
    Dimension Comments
    Unframed and mounted in a box; Image size (inside border) 454 x 276 mm
    History
    Object Age Comment
    [1785-1795, 1811]
    Maker Comment
    LE VAILLANT, Francois, 1753-1824. Reinold, Johann Lebrecht
    Collector Comment
    Watercolour on paper
    Date Retrieved Reference Types Citation
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