‘Blood-coloured cryptochilus’
Date
1838
Creator
S Watts (fl. 1830s, 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 orchid here described as the Blood-coloured Cryptochilus Cryptochilus sanguinea. The plant is native to Nepal and China. The plate shows flowers, leaves and pseudobulbs, with three details of petals, anthers and pollen masses.
Plate 23 from Edwards’s botanical register…edited by John Lindley, new series v.1, (London, James Ridgway and Sons, 1838). The plate is inscribed ‘23’ above; and below ‘Miss Drake del. Pub by J. Ridgway, 169 Piccadilly May 1 1838. S. Watts sc.’
In the associated text, the author states that: ‘It is a native of rocks in the northern provinces of India. Dr Wallich found it only once, and then on a single spot on stones…The drawing was made in June 1837, in the collection of Messrs. Loddiges.’
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 23 from Edwards’s botanical register…edited by John Lindley, new series v.1, (London, James Ridgway and Sons, 1838). The plate is inscribed ‘23’ above; and below ‘Miss Drake del. Pub by J. Ridgway, 169 Piccadilly May 1 1838. S. Watts sc.’
In the associated text, the author states that: ‘It is a native of rocks in the northern provinces of India. Dr Wallich found it only once, and then on a single spot on stones…The drawing was made in June 1837, in the collection of Messrs. Loddiges.’
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.