Orchis Bifolia (Butterfly Orchis)
William Curtis, English, 1746 - 1799
1777
Engraving with hand coloring
Sheet: 18 3/4 × 11 1/2 in. (47.6 × 29.2 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of the Estate of Harold Goddard Rugg, Class of 1906
PR.957.209.3
Portfolio / Series Title
from William Curtis, Flora Londinensis, or, Plates and descriptions of scuh plants as grow wild in the environs of London (London: for the author and B. White, 1777), no. 65.
Geography
Place Made: England, United Kingdom, Europe
Period
1600-1800
Object Name
Research Area
Not on view
Provenance
Collected by Harold Goddard Rugg (1883-1957, Class of 1906), Hanover, New Hampshire; given by his Estate to present collection, 1957.
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