Credit: © The Royal Society
Image number: RS.8392
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Yellow flag iris
Date
1689
Creator
Richard Waller (1660 - 1715, British) , naturalist
Object type
Archive reference number
Material
Dimensions
height (painting): 380mm
width (painting): 240mm
width (painting): 240mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Botanical study of yellow flag iris [“yellow water flower de luce”] (Iris palustris lutea).
Transcription
Iris Palustris lutea Ger.
Yellow Water flower de luce
Ric: Waller Pinx
38
Yellow Water flower de luce
Ric: Waller Pinx
38
Object history
From a series of watercolours of English grasses and wild flowers by Richard Waller (MS/131). The paintings were possibly intended as illustrations for a catalogue of plants by John Ray (1627-1705).
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