Auction 15/07/2004 , #11388

  • London, New Bond Street, United Kingdom
  • Bonhams | Jul 14 2004 , Jul 14 2004
  • Total lots estimates: £2,965,750 - £4,305,950
  • Sale total: £5,210,585
  • % Lots Sold: 92.42%
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An album of 49 watercolours of flowers and associated fauna,

Pencil and watercolour, heightened with white and gum arabic
47 cm - 36.8 cm (18.5 in - 14.49 in)
Lot: # 1

Convolvulus (Bindweed); Jasminium (Jasmine); Euphorbia (Spurge); Dioscorceacaea (Bryony), together 4 items,

Pencil and watercolour
51.1 cm - 36.2 cm (20.12 in - 14.25 in)
Lot: # 2

A collection of botanical drawings, 67 sheets

Pencil watercolour with bodycolour, and occasional heightening with gum arabic,
16.5 cm - 11 cm (6.5 in - 4.33 in)
Lot: # 3

Helleborus niger (Christmas or Winter Rose),

Pencil and watercolour
50.8 cm - 34.9 cm (20 in - 13.74 in)
Lot: # 4

Tulipa cultivars (Tulip),

Pencil and watercolour, heightened with white,
50.8 cm - 34.9 cm (20 in - 13.74 in)
Lot: # 5

Sprekelia formosissima (Jacobean or St. James’s Lily),

Pencil and watercolour, heightened with white and gum arabic
50.8 cm - 34.9 cm (20 in - 13.74 in)
Lot: # 6

Paeonia mascula (Peony),

Pencil and watercolour, within the artist`s lined border, watermark Strasburg lily
50.8 cm - 34.9 cm (20 in - 13.74 in)
Lot: # 7

A posy comprising Galanthus miralis (Snowdrop), Fritillaria (Fritillary) and Anemone coronaria, tied with a red ribbon,

Pencil and watercolour,
50.8 cm - 34.9 cm (20 in - 13.74 in)
Lot: # 8

Narcissus x medioluteus (Primrose Peerless),

Pencil and watercolour,
50.9 cm - 35 cm (20.04 in - 13.78 in)
Lot: # 9

Camellia Japonica

Pencil and watercolour, heightened with white against a brown bodycolour background on vellum stretched over board (2)
33.7 cm - 25.1 cm (13.27 in - 9.88 in)
Lot: # 10

An album containing 35 original water and bodycolour botanical drawings, on vellum,

Watercolor and bodycolour
65.8 cm - 51 cm (25.91 in - 20.08 in)
Lot: # 11

A fine collection of Chinese botanical watercolours of fruit and vegetables,

Watercolor 18 fine water-and bodycolour drawings of Chinese fruits, some heightening with gum arabic, all on western laid paper,
35.8 cm - 45.5 cm (14.09 in - 17.91 in)
Lot: # 12

Silybum marianum (Woolly Thistle) with Vanessa atalanta (Red Admiral) and Pontia daplidice (Bath White); Prunus cerasus (Cherry

Bodycolor and watercolour on a prepared brown board,
28.5 cm - 21 cm (11.22 in - 8.27 in)
Lot: # 13

Florilegium. A manuscript Flower Book, containing 198 original drawings of tulips and other plants,

Bodycolor and watercolour drawings on paper, on 198 leaves,
38 cm - 24.5 cm (14.96 in - 9.65 in)
Lot: # 14

A manuscript tulip album containing 151 drawings on paper

Bodycolor heightened with gum arabic, contemporary vellum over pasteboard,
29 cm - 24 cm (11.42 in - 9.45 in)
Lot: # 15

Four studies of Tulipa cultivars (Tulip),

Pencil and watercolour, heightened with white and gum arabic,
50.8 cm - 34.2 cm (20 in - 13.46 in)
Lot: # 16

Dianthus Caryophyllus (Flaked Carnation),

Pencil and watercolour,
42.5 cm - 30.5 cm (16.73 in - 12.01 in)
Lot: # 17

Pelargonium aculeatum,

Pencil and watercolour, heightened with white, on vellum,
25.5 cm - 17 cm (10.04 in - 6.69 in)
Lot: # 19

Turnera biglandulosis

Pencil and watercolour, on vellum,
27.3 cm - 19 cm (10.75 in - 7.48 in)
Lot: # 20