The Vanelloe (Epidendrum Vanilla)

published 1731-1743

Mark Catesby

Associated Names
Mark Catesby

Artist, English, 1679 - 1749

The image shows a botanical illustration of a plant with broad pointed leaves and two flowers - one white and the other golden-brown. The color palette includes shades of green for the leaves, brown for the stems, and light colors for the flowers against a cream background. The white flower is in the center with curled petals, and the golden-brown flower is to the left. The elongated leaves fan out in different directions.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and engraving with hand coloring on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Collection of Dr. and Mrs. George Benjamin Green

  • Dimensions

    plate: 35.4 x 26 cm (13 15/16 x 10 1/4 in.)
    sheet: 48.6 x 32.5 cm (19 1/8 x 12 13/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1991.163.40

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Natural History, Vol. appendix, no. 7

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Dr. and Mrs. George Benjamin Green, Virginia; gift to NGA, 1991.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1771

  • Catesby, Mark. The Natural History of Carolina, Florida, and the Bahama Islands. London: 1771.

Inscriptions

lower left in plate: MC; upper left in brown wash: 7

Wikidata ID

Q74894807

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