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drawing
;
album
Object Type
drawing
album
Museum number
SL,5285.89
Description
One of 116 drawings in an album of plants, whose names had been registered by a Society of Gardeners at monthly meetings held from c.1723 onwards, mounted together with 7 diagrammatic studies by Thomas Knowlton and an engraving, bound in red leather with gold tooling and lettering Apples Watercolour, over graphite
Producer name
Drawn by:
Jacobus van Huysum
School/style
British
Dutch
Production date
1723-1746
Materials
paper
Technique
drawn
Dimensions
Height:
515 millimetres
Width:
360 millimetres
(approx)
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments
Mounted in the album is 'A Catalogue of the Collection of drawings belonging to the Society of Gardeners'. No 43 on Society of Gardeners List. From album SL.5284.1-141 See also SL.5285.1-120 See also SL.5285.121 See also SL.5285.122-124
Bibliographic references
Croft-Murray (unpublished) / Catalogue of British Drawings in the British Museum: artists born 1665 to 1715
(2(89))
Binyon 1898-1907 / Catalogue of drawings by British artists, and artists of foreign origin working in Great Britain
(2(89))
Location
Not on display
Subjects
tree/bush
fruit
Acquisition name
Bequeathed by:
Sir Hans Sloane
Previous owner
Previous owner/ex-collection:
Society of Gardeners
Acquisition date
1753
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
SL,5285.89
Additional IDs
Miscellaneous number:
N,04.89