A Fig tree, with cattle by a well
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J. G. Circa 1779
A Fig tree, with cattle by a well
inscribed 'A Singalan Tree of the Fig kind growing on the Estate of John/Smith Budgen Esq. in the Island of [Niou?] - drawn on the spot June 1779 J.G./NB. most of the kinds of Fig-trees in the Island have the remarkable/property of propagating themselves by fiber which dropping from the Limbs take root in the ground, and become new stems ...' on the reverse
brown pen and ink with grey wash
unframed
8 3/8 x 16¼in. (21.2 x 41.2cm.)
with a grey wash drawing inscribed 'Valley of South Ghauts JLC' and a wash drawing of a Temple in a river landscape, in the manner of George Chinnery
unframed (3)
A Fig tree, with cattle by a well
inscribed 'A Singalan Tree of the Fig kind growing on the Estate of John/Smith Budgen Esq. in the Island of [Niou?] - drawn on the spot June 1779 J.G./NB. most of the kinds of Fig-trees in the Island have the remarkable/property of propagating themselves by fiber which dropping from the Limbs take root in the ground, and become new stems ...' on the reverse
brown pen and ink with grey wash
unframed
8 3/8 x 16¼in. (21.2 x 41.2cm.)
with a grey wash drawing inscribed 'Valley of South Ghauts JLC' and a wash drawing of a Temple in a river landscape, in the manner of George Chinnery
unframed (3)
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