Author: Reijst, Adèle. (Attributed to:).
Title: [Collection of 43 (gouache) watercolours from the late 19th. century by an amateur with various botanical depictions: (tropical ) fruits, plants, flowers.]
Description: N.p., n.d. [1879-1902]. Gouache, pencil and ink on laid paper. Various sizes between: 22 x 13.5 cm & 29.5 x 21.5 cm. Loose sheets in modern paper portfolio.* Interesting collection of drawings made by an amateur with an interest in botany. According to a handwritten caption on the portfolio the drawings were made by Adèle Reijst-Le Jeune (1852-1927) the wife of Nicolas Frederic Reyst who was a pharmacist. The drawings mainly concists depictions of plants, fruits and roots with some endemic species but mostly tropical onces. These drawings were executed by copying book and/or magazine illustrations, captions with Latin or vernacular names and the description of the plant-components were added in ink. One of the drawings mentions that it was copied from the Pharmaceutische Waarenkunde, 1831. The drawings are rather naive / and not very skillfully copied but the chosen species (mostly exotic plants / fruits) makes this collection very interesting. Depicted are (amongst others): Averrhoa Caramboli (Carambola or Starfruit), Alea Europea (Olive), Manilkara Zapota (Naseberry), Nutmegg, Cocholospermum Reliogusum (Silk Cotton Tree), Bertholletia Excelsa (Brazil Nut), Carica Papaya (Papaya fruit), Bixa Orellana (Orlean), Strelitzia Regina.

Keywords: Botany Dendrology Fruits Botanie Dendrologie Fruit