Cattleya guttata
Print
1830s-40s (made)
1830s-40s (made)
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Miss Drake was a competent botanical illustrator. Little is known about her life or career, but she contributed to a number of journals and monographs published in the 1830s and 1840s. This is a plate from the Horticultural Society's Transactions. She also contributed many of the plates to Bateman's monumental book Orchidaceae of Mexico and Guatemala(1837-41).
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Title | Cattleya guttata (assigned by artist) |
Materials and techniques | engraving |
Brief description | Miss S.A. Drake: Orchid (Cattleya guttata); Plate 8 from the Horticultural Society's 'Transactions', Vol.II, Second Series; aquatint, coloured by hand |
Physical description | Engraving |
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Gallery label | Miss S Drake active 1830s-40s
Orchid (Cattleya guttata)
About 1830-40
Horticultural periodicals both reflected and fostered the changing fashions in garden and conservatory plants. They also presented new varieties and species. The skilled female illustrator Miss Drake worked on major publications, though surprisingly little is known about her. She seems to have specialised in orchids.
Probably London
Hand-coloured acquatint; By G. Barclay
Plate 8 from 'Transactions of the Horticultural Society of London', vol.ii, second series
Given by Mr Arthus Jaffé
V&A: E.797-1945 |
Credit line | Given by Mr Arthur Jaffé |
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Summary | Miss Drake was a competent botanical illustrator. Little is known about her life or career, but she contributed to a number of journals and monographs published in the 1830s and 1840s. This is a plate from the Horticultural Society's Transactions. She also contributed many of the plates to Bateman's monumental book Orchidaceae of Mexico and Guatemala(1837-41). |
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Accession number | E.797-1945 |
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Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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