Untitled 5 Frame:Gold Frame - Plexiglass The Wilkes expedition was the

The Wilkes expedition was the first time that the USA had sent out a naval expedition to gather intelligence and scientific data on various parts of the world to compete with European dominance

London: 1804-1812

and Murphy illustrated at least two of his own books with Moran's works

that the work was a joint stock speculation

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Untitled 5 Frame:Gold Frame - Plexiglass The Wilkes expedition was theSertum 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)