General
    General
    Object Auto ID
    73082
    Alternate Codes
    159840
    Common Name
    Watercolour
    Classified Name
    Quantity
    1.00
    Object Description

    The Parliament Collection:
    A cactus looking plant with a long trunk and many thick branches, with a stone in front of it. (Part of a collection, see 34340)Euphorbe du Pais des Koraquois, qui sen servent pour empoisonner leurs fleches, et les Mares et les Fontaines ou vont boire le Gibier.; Euphorbia from the country of the Koraquas, who use it to poison their arrows and the pools and springs where game go to drink.

    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) 413 x 271 mm
    History
    Object Age Comment
    [1785-1795, 1811]
    Maker Comment
    LE VAILLANT, Francois, 1753-1824. Reinold, Johann Lebrecht
    Collector Comment
    Watercolour on paper
    Date Retrieved Reference Types Citation
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