General
    General
    Object Auto ID
    73066
    Alternate Codes
    159796
    Common Name
    Watercolour
    Classified Name
    Quantity
    1.00
    Object Description

    The Parliament Collection:
    A plant with its bulb visible and a cluster of many pink flowers. To the left a small image of a pink flower. (Part of a collection, see 34340)1. Un superbe Amaryllis avec son oignon. La plus belle Fleur de L'Afrique pres la Riviere Verte chez les Petits Namaquois. 2. La Fleur de grandeur Naturelle.; 1. A superb amaryllis with its bulb. The most beautiful flower of Africa near the Groen River, Little Namaqualand. [Poison Bulb added to label for Parl exhibition 2008] 2. The flower, natural size.

    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) 448 x 283 mm
    History
    Object Age Comment
    [1785-1795, 1811]
    Maker Comment
    LE VAILLANT, Francois, 1753-1824. Reinold, Johann Lebrecht
    User Comment
    Le Vaillant exhibition Museum Room Parliament July 2008 - June 2010
    Collector Comment
    Watercolour on paper
    Date Retrieved Reference Types Citation
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