Untitled 4 SouthAmerica particularly in the less explored

particularly in the less explored areas of Asia

Theodore De Bry

CATHARTES CALIFORNIANUS

Columbus expected to find the East Indies because of Ptolemy’s calculations and assertion about longitude

with sharp delineation and clear color worked well for the chromolithographic process

Untitled 4 SouthAmerica particularly in the less exploredSertum orchidaceum, an album so titled of watercolour drawings of orchids. English, mid nineteenth century Watercolour drawings of orchids and flowering plants, captioned at foot HIGHLY ACCOMPLISHED LARGE SCALE WATERCOLOUR DRAWINGS. A pencil note on the fly leaf reads These drawings are thought to be done by the wife of MacFarlane the celebrated orchid painter (i. e. James Laird MacFarlane, 1836 1913). PROVENANCE: Samuel Williams Fuller (c. 1777 1857)