Author: Winterschmidt, J. S.
Title: [Botanical watercolour]
Description: Original drawing on laid paper, not published, ca. 1815. Single sheet (19.5 x 12. 3 cm), Signed in the lower left corner of by the artist. In new frame (31.8 x 22.9 cm). = A fine, detailed, and accurate illustration of the flowering plant, Pyrola minor L., and separately - enlarged - the various parts of the flower, and seed. This plant is native to Europe and North America and is known as snowline, or common, wintergreen. Johann Samuel Winterschmidt (1760 or 1761-1829 or 1830; Stafleu and Cowan also suggest 1824) was a renowned botanical artist and engraver, he wrote, illustrated, and published the Nurnbergische Flora (1817-1821). Stafleu and Cowan, VII, p. 383.

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