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
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) 456 x 250 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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Site Association
Site Association
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