General
General
Object Auto ID
73057
Alternate Codes
159865
Common Name
Watercolour
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Quantity
1.00
Object Description
The Parliament Collection:
A plant with three flowers in bloom. The flowers are white in colour with a pink stripe. Four green leaves are also shown. (Part of a collection, see 34340)Jolie Plante Nouvelle odoriferante, du Genre des Gladiolus, selon les Botanistes. Elle croit sur les Montagnes arides du Kamis.; Pretty new odoriferous [sweet-smelling] plant of the genus Gladiolus, according to botanists. It grows on the arid Kamiesberge. [Babiana tubulosa]
Provenance
Purchased at Sotheby's, London in 1963
Description
Description
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Distinguishing Features
Botanical [plates 119-165]
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Dimension Comments
Unframed and mounted in a box; Image size (inside border) 469 x 289 mm
History
History
Object Age Comment
[1785-1795, 1811]
Maker Comment
LE VAILLANT, Francois, 1753-1824. Reinold, Johann Lebrecht
User Comment
Exhibition curated by Prof Ian Glenn at S.A. Museum: Nov 2012 - May 2013
Collector Comment
Watercolour on paper
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