Description
Credit: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Inscription
Inscribed in graphite, upper right: "3 feet high"; upper center: "[...]"; center right: "Lt Brown | Brown"; lower center: "By James Sowerby | 48"; on verso in graphite, center right: "Zool Journal"
Descriptive Medium
Watercolor over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Image Licence
Public Domain, Yale Center for British Art
Image Credit
image credit Yale Center for British Art
Location
Europe
Medium
Watercolour
Tags
Category
Flora & Fauna
TWW Comment
The botanical artist James Sowerby amassed a collection of plant and animal specimens at his home in Mead Place, London.