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"Colutea Arborescens. 1789"

Collection Type

  • Art

Date

1790

GUSN

GUSN-290144

Description

Polychrome botanic print of yellow pea flower and leaves above, with fruit and leaves below in modern unstained wood frame with tan mat.

Details

Descriptive Terms

color lithographs
paper (fiber product)
glass (material)
wood (plant material)
Print
Print, Planographic
Lithograph
Lithograph

Inscription

Colutea Arborescens. 1789 (Pencil and printed)
81/Pubd. as The Act directs, April 1, 1789 by W. Curtis Botanic Garden, Lambeth Marsh

Associated Building

Original To Nickels-Sortwell House (Wiscasset, Me.),

Maker

Unknown

Location of Origin

England

Dimensions

12 1/2 x 8 3/4 x 5/8 (HxWxD) (inches)

Credit Line

Bequest of Frances Sortwell

Accession Number

1958.244

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