Anemone blanda Size:small

Anemone blanda Size:smallWatercolour of Anemone blanda (winter windflower) by Caroline Maria Applebee.

Johnson was a fellow of the Linnean Society and Botanical Lecturer at Guys Hospital

From one of four bound albums of paintings by anonymous Chinese artists purchased by the Royal Horticultural Society in 1912

1757-1774)

Roberts was appointed by the RHS in 1897 to paint Orchids

Two of these volumes are in the Lindley Library collections

Watercolour on rice paper of plant identified as Rosa × odorata from one of four bound albums of paintings by anonymous Chinese artists purchased by the Royal Horticultural Society in 1912

Watercolour on paper of a fisherman's hut by an unknown Chinese artist

These three specimens were painted during the winter and spring of 1906-1907

The publication contains 144 colour plates of flowers

wax apple variety

brought to England by Empress Eugénie

Belgian born Redouté achieved success as a painter working for the French royal court as a tutor to Marie Antoinette and later from 1798 was appointed to paint the flowers of Malmaison by Josephine Bonaparte