Otto Soltau (Germany 1885-1915)
A group of five designs for botanical plates, comprising: Orange mullein (Verbascum phlomoides) and Yellow foxglove (Digitalis ambigua); Chinese tea (Thea sinensis), Carthusian pink (Dianthus carthusianorum), Ragged Robin (Lychnis flos-cuculi) and Common Corncockle (Agrostemma githago); Red foxglove and autumn crocus (Colchicum autumnale) with other plants; Green-winged orchid (Anacamptis morio) and Lady's slipper orchid (Cypripedium calceolus); and Sweet violet (Viola odorata) and Field pansy (Viola arvensis)
each inscribed with numbers and a key (on the backing paper) and further inscribed with plate numbers
pencil and watercolour
11 x 8 in. (28 x 20.5 cm.)
Otto Soltau (Germany 1885-1915)
A group of five designs for botanical plates, comprising: Orange mullein (Verbascum phlomoides) and Yellow foxglove (Digitalis ambigua); Chinese tea (Thea sinensis), Carthusian pink (Dianthus carthusianorum), Ragged Robin (Lychnis flos-cuculi) and Common Corncockle (Agrostemma githago); Red foxglove and autumn crocus (Colchicum autumnale) with other plants; Green-winged orchid (Anacamptis morio) and Lady's slipper orchid (Cypripedium calceolus); and Sweet violet (Viola odorata) and Field pansy (Viola arvensis)
each inscribed with numbers and a key (on the backing paper) and further inscribed with plate numbers
pencil and watercolour
11 x 8 in. (28 x 20.5 cm.)
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