Mucuna macrocarpa

Very rare large botanical from Nathaniel Wallich’s, Plantae Asiaticae Rariores.

Modern binomial name: Mucuna macrocarpa

Wallich’s series, Plantae Asiaticae Rariores was
issued in 1830–1832. Wallich used for the first time Indian artists for
the original paintings. These talented artists were, Vishnupersaud and
Gorachand. Vishnupersaud’s skill was legendary and Wilfrid Blunt
included one of his watercolours in his book The Art of Botanical Illustration as displaying great craftsmanship. 

Wallich had wrote, “The
present Work consists of a selection of plants made chiefly from a
series of 1200 drawings, executed under my direction by Native Artists. He also unusually named , John Clark as the colourist who hand coloured the lithographs.