Dendrobium densi florum Frame:Gray Frame - Museum Quality Glass 23 x 27 1/4 in

23 x 27 1/4 in

showcasing Asia's vast expanse

Verbiest demonstrated European astronomical methods to his Chinese hosts

due to an illness

Dendrobium densi florum Frame:Gray Frame - Museum Quality Glass 23 x 27 1/4 inSertum 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)