Credit: ©The Royal Society
Image number: RS.17643
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‘Red loasa’
Date
1838
Creator
S Watts (British) , Engraver
After
Sarah Anne Drake (1803 - 1857, British) , Illustrator
Object type
Library reference
49461
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 247mm
width (print): 150mm
width (print): 150mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Botanical study of the Red loasa Loasa lateritia. The plant is native to South America. The plate shows flowers and leaves.
Plate 22 from Edwards’s botanical register…edited by John Lindley, new series v.1, (London, James Ridgway and Sons, 1838). The plate is inscribed ‘22’ above; and below ‘Miss Drake del. Pub by J. Ridgway, 169 Piccadilly Ap. 1 1838. S. Watts sc.’
In the associated text, the author describes the plant as: ‘A fine climbing species of this striking genus, remarkable for its orange red or bright brick-coloured flowers…It was first sent me by Mr. Veitch of the Mount Radford Nursery, near Exeter, in October, 1837…’
John Lindley (1799-1865) British botanist and horticulturalist, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1828.
Sarah Anne Drake (1803-1857), British botanical artist, was a long-term associate of the Lindley family and a prolific illustrator for James Lindley.
Plate 22 from Edwards’s botanical register…edited by John Lindley, new series v.1, (London, James Ridgway and Sons, 1838). The plate is inscribed ‘22’ above; and below ‘Miss Drake del. Pub by J. Ridgway, 169 Piccadilly Ap. 1 1838. S. Watts sc.’
In the associated text, the author describes the plant as: ‘A fine climbing species of this striking genus, remarkable for its orange red or bright brick-coloured flowers…It was first sent me by Mr. Veitch of the Mount Radford Nursery, near Exeter, in October, 1837…’
John Lindley (1799-1865) British botanist and horticulturalist, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1828.
Sarah Anne Drake (1803-1857), British botanical artist, was a long-term associate of the Lindley family and a prolific illustrator for James Lindley.
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