Anglo-Indian School, circa 1820

Convolvulus (Bindweed), Jasminium (Jasmine), Euphorbia (Spurge) and Dioscorceacaea (Bryony)

細節

Anglo-Indian School, circa 1820
Convolvulus (Bindweed), Jasminium (Jasmine), Euphorbia (Spurge) and Dioscorceacaea (Bryony)
the first inscribed 'Convolvulus Salupa/Convolvulusus/MW' (lower right); the second inscribed 'Jasminum/Convolvulusus' (lower right); the third inscribed 'Convolvulus convolvulusus' (lower centre); and the fourth inscribed 'Euphorbia' (lower left) and 'Dioscorca' (lower right)
pencil and watercolour, heightened with bodycolour and gum arabic
20 x 14 in. (51.1 x 36.2 cm.); and slightly smaller (4)

拍品專文

The present watercolours were executed by an Indian artist who most probably worked for an English patron. Towards the end of the 18th century and into the 19th century there was a burgeoning market for natural history watercolours. English civil servants and military workers stationed in India commissioned illustrations of the local flora and fauna to decorate their houses or to send back home.