General
    General
    Object Auto ID
    73093
    Alternate Codes
    159902
    Common Name
    Watercolour
    Classified Name
    Quantity
    1.00
    Object Description

    The Parliament Collection:
    Flower shown with small leaves and three flowers with spiky red petals, the one to the right faces downward. (Part of a collection, see 34340)Le Monsone, Jolie Fleur de L'Afrique, avec ses tiges fines et ses petites feuilles.; The monsonia, a pretty African flower with its thin white stalks [fine stems] and small leaves. [Monsonia speciosa]

    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) 437 x 275 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
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