Odonloglassum Grande 041420 Claudius Ptolemy

Claudius Ptolemy

16 1/2 x 21 in

Plate #228: Golchicum Autumnale (Autumn Crocus)

the hero of Fort Ticonderoga

He was the first significant contributor to a collection of delicate watercolors on vellum that collectively became known as the Velins du Roi (the King’s Vellums)

Odonloglassum Grande 041420 Claudius PtolemySertum orchidaceum, an album so titled of watercolour drawings of orchids. English, mid nineteenth century Watercolour drawings of orchids and flowering plants, captioned at foot HIGHLY ACCOMPLISHED LARGE SCALE WATERCOLOUR DRAWINGS. A pencil note on the fly leaf reads These drawings are thought to be done by the wife of MacFarlane the celebrated orchid painter (i. e. James Laird MacFarlane, 1836 1913). PROVENANCE: Samuel Williams Fuller (c. 1777 1857)