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C1819
Camelia axillaris. Axillary-Flowering Camelia.
Artist:
Samuel Curtis (1779 - 1860)
Modern common name: Gordonia, fried egg plantModern binomial name: Polyspora axillarisDistribution: China and Vietnam Camellia sasanqua was brought to Europe for the first time in 1820, when Captain Richard Rawes of the East Indiaman Warren Hastings brought “Camellia sasanqua to his … Read Full Description
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Full Title:
Camelia axillaris. Axillary-Flowering Camelia.
Date:
C1819
Artist:
Samuel Curtis (1779 - 1860)
Condition:
In good condition.
Technique:
Copper engraving with original hand colouring.
Image Size:
200mm
x 230mm
Frame Size:
470mm
x 515mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1819
Description:
Modern common name: Gordonia, fried egg plant
Modern binomial name: Polyspora axillaris
Distribution: China and Vietnam
Camellia sasanqua was brought to Europe for the first time in 1820, when Captain Richard Rawes of the East Indiaman Warren Hastings brought “Camellia sasanqua to his relation, Thomas Carey Palmer, of Bromley in Kent.
Biography:
Samuel Curtis (1779 – 1860)
In 1801, Curtis succeeded the ownership of Curtis’s Botanical Magazine originally founded by William Curtis. Despite Curtis selling his rights to the magazine in 1846, the publication kept the well known name and continued to produce excellent and beautifully engraved botanical series.
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