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
Description
Technique Types
Distinguishing Features
Botanical [plates 119-165]
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Dimension Comments
Unframed and mounted in a box; Image size (inside border) 454 x 276 mm
History
History
Object Age Comment
[1785-1795, 1811]
Maker Comment
LE VAILLANT, Francois, 1753-1824. Reinold, Johann Lebrecht
Collector Comment
Watercolour on paper
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Site Association
Site Association
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