A collection of 74 from a total of 139 drawings of plants with insects by Thomas Robins, all described in a 19-page catalogue in the artist's hand. The drawings are numbered in pencil [by a later owner?] on the verso, and in a few instances on the recto. For the catalogue Robins created five columns on each page in which he entered for each drawing the Linnaean name, the English name, the class, and the order as well as a list of the insects that appear in the image
Alternative Title:
Paintings of exotic plants and insects
Description:
Title from accompanying catalogue in artist's hand., Artist identified and suggested dates for the collection from Andrew Edmunds of London. See: The flower paintings of Thomas Robins the Younger / edited by John Anthony Robins. Poole Dorset : Published by John Robins, [1999], p. 86., Accompanied by a catalogue in the hand of the artist, listing 39 drawings numbered and identified on 19 unnumbered pages followed by 13 blank leaves. The catalogue with marble wrappers is titled on cover: A catalogue of paintings of exotic plants & insects., The Lewis Walpole Library holds 64 of the 139 drawings; the library lacks nos. 5, 7-9, 11, 13-14, 17, 19, 25-27, 29-30, 33-36, 38-40, 42-45, 47, 49-50, 55-56, 58-61, 64-65, 67, 69-70, 72, 74-75, 78-80, 82, 84, 86, 88-92, 95, 97-98, 110, 115, 118-120, 124, 126, 128, and 134., and Housed in seven solander boxes. The catalogue is housed in Box 1.
Title etched below image., Place of publication and date supplied by curator., The man depicted appears to wear the insignia of the Order of the Garter. Possibly Sir Francis Laking?, This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing., and Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Purgatives; Mustard.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Croton oil, Oral medication, Laxatives, Drugs, Physicians, Military decorations, and Botanical illustrations
A collection of five botanical drawings, one with two hummingbirds (Lampornis calosoma) and twenty botanical prints (some proof state) by James Sowerby
Description:
Title devised by cataloger. and Housed in two solander boxes, with drawings in Box 1 and prints no.1-9. Box 2 contains prints nos. 12-17 and two unnumbered prints.
