Watercolour painting of a red flowered Passiflora quadrangularis. LC: 'Regne Vegetal / Grenadille ou fleur de la Passion a feuille rouged apportee/ des serres du jardin de Mr Emmanuel de Lichtervelde de son Chateau a Tamise cette plante est tres fertile avril 1806 plante pour la serre / Passiflora quandrangularis'. Plant Kingdom, Red leaved Passion flower brought from the greenhouses in the garden of Mr Emmanuel de Lichtervelde of the Tamise Castle, where the plant grows very well, April 1806'. The current botanical name is Passiflora quandrangularis, Giant granadilla is the English vernacular name.
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watercolour painting (technique). watercolour (paint). laid paper