Botanical drawings
Draughtsman: Sowerby, James
One hundred botanical drawings on gilt edged paper variously watermarked. The two first pages watermarked I Taylor are unused and the last seven pages, 3 watermarke dI Taylor and 3 with watermark of a Strasbourg bend and Lily & initials G.R.. Marbled end papers. Bound in quarter red morocco, gilt tooled, lettered 'Hortus Sylva Montis'. Each drawing is within ruled graphite margins, interleaved with thin sheets of protective paper.
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1973) by Fairhaven, Henry Rogers Broughton
Production date: circa AD 1800
Sheet Size Height 459 mm Width 290 mm
Inscription present: from a Sotheby's sale catalogue, March 27th 1945
Accession number: PD.105-1973
Primary reference Number: 30922
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The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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