General
    General
    Object Auto ID
    73081
    Alternate Codes
    159933
    Common Name
    Watercolour
    Classified Name
    Quantity
    1.00
    Object Description

    The Parliament Collection:
    A plant with its bulb visible and showing only one thick leaf with a white and brown tip. (Part of a collection, see 34340)Plante des plus Extraordinaire et quia deconcertetous les Botanistes qui ne scavent a quoi le rapporter. Du Pais des Koraquois dans l'Interieur du Cap.; One of the most extraordinary plants, which has puzzled all botanists, who do not know what to relate it to [how to classify it]. From the country of the Koraquas in the Cape interior. [Perhaps a Sansevieria pearsonii]

    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) 456 x 250 mm
    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
    Date Retrieved Reference Types Citation
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