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Study of an Orchid, "Vanda Roxburgia"

Image courtesy of the Metropolitan Museum of Arts | CC0 1.0

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Date

before 1822

Artist

James Sowerby (1756-1822)

Collection

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Image Link

https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/359629

Description

The Sowerbys were an English family of naturalists, collectors, artists, and publishers who offered the public, amateur and professional alike, a large selection of important, original, illustrated works on natural history. James Sowerby, who drew this striking image of an orchid, founded the dynasty and is known for his illustrative work in the thirty-six volumes of James Smith's English Botany (1790-1814). For his pupils and other "Young Beginners" he wrote An Easy Introduction to Drawing Flowers according to Nature. Medium: watercolor and gouache over graphite on white parchment paper.

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CC0 1.0

Image Credit

Image courtesy of the Metropolitan Museum of Arts

Location

London, England

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Tags

Flora
Flowers
Plants

Category

Glossary
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