Phaius Crandifolius Frame:No Frame like other Vultures

like other Vultures

13 1/2 x 19 3/4 inches

the globe pair became an attractive piece of decorative furniture rather than just a tabletop presentation

Its General Character

Mocha Island (Chile)

Phaius Crandifolius Frame:No Frame like other VulturesSertum orchidaceum, an album so titled of watercolour drawings of orchids. English, mid nineteenth century Watercolour drawings of orchids and flowering plants, captioned at foot HIGHLY ACCOMPLISHED LARGE SCALE WATERCOLOUR DRAWINGS. A pencil note on the fly leaf reads These drawings are thought to be done by the wife of MacFarlane the celebrated orchid painter (i. e. James Laird MacFarlane, 1836 1913). PROVENANCE: Samuel Williams Fuller (c. 1777 1857)