Benincasa hispida J.E. Sowerby

Benincasa hispida J.E. SowerbyWatercolour on rice paper of plant identified as Benincasa hispida (Chinese winter melon) from one of four bound albums of paintings by anonymous Chinese artists purchased by the Royal Horticultural Society in 1912.

Hand coloured proof print of Rhododendron dauricum var

Platycladus orientalis (eastern arbor-vitae) and Viscum album (mistletoe) by Caroline Maria Applebee painted c

River with swans and cygnets in spring

Painted at Colesborne

Watercolour on paper of Tagetes (marigold) from an album titled 'Flores a Petro Holsteyn ad vivum depicti' by the artist Pieter Holsteyn

This illustration is one of 71 plates and depicts the leaves

Watercolour of 'Laurier triomphal' (Laurus nobilis) taken from volume II of 'Flore du désert: receuil des fleurs odorantes dans un coin consacré à une amie'

Redouté from 'Choix des plus belle fleurs' published in 1827

dated 1789

Watercolour on vellum illustration of Passiflora vespertilis by Margaret Meen

The Album contains 28 colour plates in total of vegetable varieties by Ernst Benary which are named in the accompanying page in German

Watercolour on vellum illustration of Clematis purpurea by Margaret Meen