Lot 88
88
Mrs. E. Powell (c. 1810-c. 1870)
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Mrs. E. Powell (c. 1810-c. 1870)

Orchidaceae: Dendrobium devonianum Paxton

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Mrs. E. Powell (c. 1810-c. 1870)
Orchidaceae: Dendrobium devonianum Paxton
signed and dated 'E Powell/1845' (upper right, on a branch)
pencil and watercolour with gum arabic, heightened with white, on card
17½ x 14 in. (44.5 x 35.6 cm.)
Provenance
William A. McCarty-Cooper.
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Descriptif du lot

Described in Curtis's Botanical Magazine, 1849, this orchid comes from South East Asia. Fitch's drawing reproduced in the Botanical Magazine was from a plant in the collection of 'the late Mr. Clowes'.

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