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Image number: RS.21552
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‘Oncidium cavendishianum’
Date
1837
Creator
Maxim Gauci (1774 - 1854, Italian) , Lithographer
Creator - Organisation
J Ridgway & Sons, Publisher
After
Sarah Anne Drake (1803 - 1857, British) , Illustrator
Object type
Library reference
26846
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 580mm
width (print): 430mm
width (print): 430mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Botanical illustration of Oncidium cavensihianum or Cavendish’s Lophiaris orchid. Depicted as a single specimen with two large broad leaves emerging from the base roots. The panicle is cut from the plant and placed in the foreground of the composition with numerous branches bearing many small yellow flowers. A magnified representation of the column and crest at Fig. 1.
Inscribed ‘Pl.3, Miss Drake del. ONCIDIUM CAVENDISHIANUM. M. Gauci, lith, 9 North Crescent, Bedford Sqe. Pubd. By J Ridgway & Sons, 169 Piccadilly, July 1, 1837.'
Plate 3 from The Orchidaceae of Mexico & Guatemala by James Bateman (London, 1843).
James Bateman (1811-1897), British horticulturalist, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1838.
Inscribed ‘Pl.3, Miss Drake del. ONCIDIUM CAVENDISHIANUM. M. Gauci, lith, 9 North Crescent, Bedford Sqe. Pubd. By J Ridgway & Sons, 169 Piccadilly, July 1, 1837.'
Plate 3 from The Orchidaceae of Mexico & Guatemala by James Bateman (London, 1843).
James Bateman (1811-1897), British horticulturalist, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1838.