Four illustrations of varieties of irises, one growing in a terracotta pot, featuring an insect. Plant names inscribed on the folio in black ink in German, there are two ruled lines that have been left blank above the inscriptions, two of the irises have blank ruled lines without a name: TL: I ris aux Persen (Iris persica); C: Iris oder Englische blum gantz weiz. The irises depicted have been identified as Iris persica, Iris orientalis, Iris latifolia. English vernacular names: English Iris
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1 item
Physical description
watercolour painting (technique). 45 cm x 31 cm. watercolour (paint). handmade laid paper