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Watercolour

1654 (made)
Artist/Maker

Botanical illustration of a large flower with a green stalk and thin green leaves, with a large orange flower at the top. On the left is a depiction of a smaller plant with several purple flowers, and on the right is another smaller plant with several tubular yellow flowers.

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Brief description
Watercolour, Similacrum Scenographicum Celeberrimi Horti Itzeinensis, by Johann Jakob Walther, 1654
Physical description
Botanical illustration of a large flower with a green stalk and thin green leaves, with a large orange flower at the top. On the left is a depiction of a smaller plant with several purple flowers, and on the right is another smaller plant with several tubular yellow flowers.
Dimensions
  • Length: 60.4cm
  • Width: 46.7cm
Collection
Accession number
9175:3

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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