Botanical studies

Details

Company School, late 18th Century
Botanical studies
One inscribed 'No. 1. A wild plant - the fruit of which is a strong poison 2. Neer stoollee. used in pharmacy 3. Vellee Ahvairee - Do. Do. 4. Vereony keldingoo - Do. Do.'; the other inscribed '1. Kotai Auringy. a small kind of bean 2. A sour Green in high esteem with the moors 3. Charmee Keree. Used as a vegetable 4. Musnja Poo. used about the P**amy. Pillaree'
watercolour heightened with white
16 x 10¼ in. (40.6 x 27.3 cm.)
together with a watercolour of a flower and plant by a company artist circa 1795; and a watercolour of a lemon
four in the lot (4)

Provenance

Bought from Maggs, London.

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Lot Essay

Botanical watercolours were produced by various artists in the employment of the East India Company from around 1760 through to the early 19th Century. These were know as Company school, and proved extremely popular with their english audience who revelled in the mystique of the sub-continent.

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