Feuilles et Racine d'Acore aromatique [Acorus calamus]
Information
Title
Feuilles et Racine d'Acore aromatique [Acorus calamus]
Record type
Drawings
Original Reference
A/FdD/V1/46
Author or creator
Unknown
Date
c.1800
Scope & content
Watercolour on paper of Feuilles et Racine d'Acore aromatique (Acorus calamus) from Album 'Flore du Desert' volume 1, page 46, c.1800. Recto: TR: Handwritten in ink: '149'; LC: Handwritten in ink: 'Feuilles et Racine d'Acore aromatique'. The current botanical name is Acorus calamus. The English vernacular names include Myrtle flag, myrtle grass, myrtle sedge, sweet cane, sweet flag, sweet sedge
Extent
1 item
Physical description
watercolour painting (technique). 26.7 cm x 18.8 cm. watercolour (paint). paper