Lot Essay
From Brazil, this orchid was described in Curtis's Botanical Magazine, 1839.
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Orchidaceae: Laelia pumila (Hooker) Reichb. f.
Details
Mrs. E. Powell (c. 1810-c. 1870)
Orchidaceae: Laelia pumila (Hooker) Reichb. f.
signed and dated 'Mrs Powell 1843' (lower right)
pencil and watercolour with gum arabic on card
14¾ x 13 in. (37.5 x 33 cm.)
Orchidaceae: Laelia pumila (Hooker) Reichb. f.
signed and dated 'M
pencil and watercolour with gum arabic on card
14¾ x 13 in. (37.5 x 33 cm.)
Provenance
William A. McCarty-Cooper.
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