Watercolour and gouache on paper of Belle Flower Apple attributed to Elizabeth McMurtie from Coxe's Drawings of American Apples, page 6, c.1818. Recto: TC: Handwritten in black ink: '6. Belle Flower'. Belle Flower is a variety of Malus domestica, Likely part of the Yellow Bellflower group of apple cultivars; There is a description of this variety in 'A View of the Cultivation of Fruit Trees, and the Management of Orchards and Cider' by William Coxe, 1817
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watercolour painting (technique). gouache (technique). 16 cm x 13.5 cm. watercolour (paint). paper. gum arabic