Navet (Turnip)

Information

Title
Navet (Turnip)
Record type
Drawings
Original Reference
A/RV/V1/30
Author or creator
unsigned
Date
1804
Scope & content
Watercolour painting of a white turnip with leaves. Turnip remarkable for its size, from the land of Mr Thomas de Schietere de Lophem, Lophem, in 1804, it weighs approximately 5 1/2 pounds weight Bruges. Thomas-Louis de Schietere de Lophem (1769-1824) was the last lord of Lophem, he was appointed Mayor of Loppem 1809-1815. The historic spelling for the town of Loppem, is Lophem.
Level
Item
Extent
1 item
Physical description
Watercolour on laid paper, bound
Is part of
Regne Végétal
Pagination
Volume 1, page 30
Subjects
edible
turnip
Brassica rapa (Rapifera Group)
Repository
Royal Horticultural Society Lindley Library
Copyright
No known copyright restrictions
Credit Line
RHS Lindley Collections
Usage terms
Public domain