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Image number: RS.17649
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‘Prince Bisignani’s tree pink’
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): 150 mm
width (print): 150 mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Botanical study of Dianthus rupicola, here referred to as Prince Bisignano’s tree pink Dianthus bisignani. The plant is native to areas of southern Europe and northern Africa. The plate shows flowers and leaves.
Plate 29 from Edwards’s botanical register…edited by John Lindley, new series v.1, (London, James Ridgway and Sons, 1838). The plate is inscribed ‘29’ above; and below ‘Miss Drake del. Pub by J. Ridgway, 169 Piccadilly June 1. 1838. S. Watts sc.’
In the associated text, the author states that this is: ‘A beautiful half-hardy shrubby pink, communicated in September last, from the garden at Abbotsbury, by the Hon. W.F. Strangways, to whom I am indebted…This Dianthus is a native of the coasts of Calabria and Sicily.’
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 29 from Edwards’s botanical register…edited by John Lindley, new series v.1, (London, James Ridgway and Sons, 1838). The plate is inscribed ‘29’ above; and below ‘Miss Drake del. Pub by J. Ridgway, 169 Piccadilly June 1. 1838. S. Watts sc.’
In the associated text, the author states that this is: ‘A beautiful half-hardy shrubby pink, communicated in September last, from the garden at Abbotsbury, by the Hon. W.F. Strangways, to whom I am indebted…This Dianthus is a native of the coasts of Calabria and Sicily.’
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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