Maxillaria Harrissonia Brazil Mapping Louisiana The eyes are of a

The eyes are of a reddish brown

quondam ventra

25 1/2" x 18" sheet

Paris: Charles Piquet

Although he never found the cities or the gold

Maxillaria Harrissonia Brazil Mapping Louisiana The eyes are of aSertum 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)