Dutch School, early-19th-Century

A collection of botanical studies including Pancratium maritimum (Sea Lily) illustrated; Linaria vulgaris (Toadflax); Seleni cereus peruvianus (Queen of the Night Cactus); Phaseolus coccineus (Scarlet Runnerbeans); Malus pumila (Apple); Hedera helix (Ivy); Tulipa cultivar (Tulip); Ixora coccinea; Papaver somniferum (Poppy); Passiflora (Passion Flower); Ornithogolatum umbellatum (Star of Bethlehem); Geranium robertianum (Herb Robert)

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Dutch School, early-19th-Century
A collection of botanical studies
including Pancratium maritimum (Sea Lily) illustrated; Linaria vulgaris (Toadflax); Seleni cereus peruvianus (Queen of the Night Cactus); Phaseolus coccineus (Scarlet Runnerbeans); Malus pumila (Apple); Hedera helix (Ivy); Tulipa cultivar (Tulip); Ixora coccinea; Papaver somniferum (Poppy); Passiflora (Passion Flower); Ornithogolatum umbellatum (Star of Bethlehem); Geranium robertianum (Herb Robert)
8 variously numbered from '300' to '892', 3 indistinctly numbered and 7 inscribed 'Lo' (on the reverse)

pencil and watercolour, heightened with bodycolour and gum arabic, watermark 'C & J HONIG' (5), 'VI' (1) and fragmentary watermark (1), unframed
14 x 10.3/8 in. (36.8 x 26.4 cm.); and slightly smaller (14)

Lot Essay

The present group of watercolours is probably the work of two hands. Eleven of the drawings are close in style to a watercolour in the Broughton Collection, Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, previously attributed to Eelkes Jelles Eelkema (1788-1839), but now thought possibly to be by Hendrick Reekers (1815-1854), (see D. Scrase, Flowers of Three Centuries, Baltimore, 1983, p. 23, pl. 30).
We are grateful to Dr. Sam Segal for his help in cataloguing this watercolour.

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