Botanical study – Amaryllis, sweet pea, eryngium and four insects

Botanical study – Amaryllis, sweet pea, eryngium and four insects
 1785

Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Medium
watercolour, bodycolour, gum arabic, pencil, gold, pen and ink
Measurements
35.5 × 23.9 cm (sheet)
Place/s of Execution
Bath, England
Inscription
inscribed in pen and brown ink (in image) u.c.r.: a
inscribed in pen and brown ink (in image) u.r.: 2
inscribed in pen and brown ink (in image) c.:
inscribed in pen and brown ink (in image) c.r.: c
inscribed in pen and brown ink (in image) l.c.r.:1
inscribed in pen and brown ink (in image) l.c.: 3
inscribed in pen and brown ink l.r.: Painted from Nature by Tho. Robins the Younger Bath 1785
Accession Number
2004.544
Department
International Prints and Drawings
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Presented through the NGV Foundation by Margaret Stones, Governor, 2004
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of the Joe White Bequest
Gallery location
Not on display
Subjects (general)
Animals Botanical Nature
Subjects (specific)
beetle (insect) botanical illustrations butterflies (general) flowers (plant components) insect natural history orchid family vegetation

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