Untitled 5 Artist_Thomas Moran 13 1/2 x 19 3/4

13 1/2 x 19 3/4 inches

” One of the great achievements of this work was the map that accompanied the book: the Carte Generale du Royaume de la Nouvelle Espagne

Ferdinand VII

with giltarms of Claude Du Sauzay

Untitled 5 Artist_Thomas Moran 13 1/2 x 19 3/4Sertum orchidaceum, an album so titled of watercolour drawings of orchids. English, mid nineteenth century Watercolour drawings of orchids and flowering plants, captioned at foot HIGHLY ACCOMPLISHED LARGE SCALE WATERCOLOUR DRAWINGS. A pencil note on the fly leaf reads These drawings are thought to be done by the wife of MacFarlane the celebrated orchid painter (i. e. James Laird MacFarlane, 1836 1913). PROVENANCE: Samuel Williams Fuller (c. 1777 1857)