Monkey orchid [Orchis simia]
Date
1915
Creator
Thomas Alan Stephenson (1898 - 1961, British) , Marine biologist
Object type
Archive reference number
Material
Dimensions
height (painting): 375mm
width (painting): 245mm
height (frame): 500mm
width (frame): 374mm
width (painting): 245mm
height (frame): 500mm
width (frame): 374mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Botanical study of the monkey orchid Orchis simian showing the whole plant from bulb to flower.
Inscribed lower left in ink: ‘Orchis Simia from nr. Paris 3.VI.15. by T.A.Stephenson.’
From the watercolour collection of Gordon Elliott Fogg, MS/911.
Thomas Alan Stephenson was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1951
Inscribed lower left in ink: ‘Orchis Simia from nr. Paris 3.VI.15. by T.A.Stephenson.’
From the watercolour collection of Gordon Elliott Fogg, MS/911.
Thomas Alan Stephenson was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1951
Object history
Bequeathed by Professor G.E. (Tony) Fogg FRS, received June 2005.
Associated place
Credit
©artist's estate
Image number
RS.10607