Credit: © The Royal Society
Image number: RS.9325
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"Lychnidea Caroliniana floribus..."
Date
ca. 1730
Creator
Jacob van Huysum (1682 - 1745, Dutch) , Painter
Object type
Material
Dimensions
height (painting): 374mm
width (painting): 271mm
width (painting): 271mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Botanical study of Phlox carolina, described by John Martyn in the Historia Plantarum Rariorum (1728-) and reproduced there as plate 9, (sponsored by Johann Caspar Scheutzer). From a specimen grown at Chelsea Physic Garden, probably from originals gathered by Mark Catesby. Inscribed in ink "Lychnidea Caroliniana foribus quasi umbellatim dispositis folio lucidis crassis acutus, Martyn. H.R.P.D." Not signed. Watermarked "LVG."
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