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Liliaceae - Bottionea thysantoides - Trichopetalum gracile From: The botanical register by Sydenham Teast Edwards and others. London, J. Ridgeway, 1832, volume 18, plate 1535. Hand-coloured engraving by S. Watts after Miss Drake (sheet 148 x 220 mm; under passe-partout). Text missing. € 35
Of Miss Drake of Turnham Green (fl. 1818-47) almost nothing seems to be known beyond her
work, which also includes illustrations for the Botanical Register and
some plates for Lindley’s noble Sertum Orchidaceum … (Blunt). The
botanical register was published from 1815-1847.* Pritzel 2621; Dunthorne 108; Blunt pp. 214-216 (Drake); Nissen BBI 2379; Great flower books p. 84; Stafleu & Cowan 1625; Johnston 784. |
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