Anglo-Chinese School, circa 1800

Three Albums of Watercolours of Flowers, Butterflies, Fruit, Insects and Boats , including: Tygrida sinensis (Tiger Flower); Brassica (Cabbage); Datura (Trumpet Flower) illustrated (a); Convolvulus (White); Olean

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Anglo-Chinese School, circa 1800
Three Albums of Watercolours of Flowers, Butterflies, Fruit, Insects and Boats
, including: Tygrida sinensis (Tiger Flower); Brassica (Cabbage); Datura (Trumpet Flower) illustrated (a); Convolvulus (White); Oleander (Pink); Lilium tigrinium (Tiger Lily); Solanum (Deadly Nightshade); Lonicera (Honey Suckle); Malva (Mallow); Trifoliium (Lotus); Papaver somniferum (Opium Poppy); Sonchus (Thistle); Amaranthus tricolor (Love Lies Bleeding) illustrated (b); Citrus medica (Grapefruit) illustrated (c); Celosia (Cock's Comb); Rosa sinensis (Rose) Catharanthus (Madagascan Periwinkle); and Crinum (Spider Lily)

pencil and watercolour, heightened with white, some with gum arabic, a few with white chalk, two heightened with silver, three with gold, 117 watercolours laid at the corners to the pages of the three albums

15.5/8 x 12.5/8 in. (39.7 x 32.1 cm.); and slightly smaller; the albums 16¾ x 13.7/8 in. (42.5 x 35.2 cm.), overall (117)

Lot Essay

The three albums in the present lot contain isolated plant portraits, exotic insects hovering over specimens, illustrations of Chinese fish, birds and junks, providing a fine cross-section of the work produced for the European market.

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