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Lot 174

A large botanical study of cupressus lusitanica
Company School, probably Calcutta, circa 1848

6 October 2015, 14:00 BST
London, New Bond Street

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A large botanical study of cupressus lusitanica
Company School, probably Calcutta, circa 1848

pen and ink and watercolour on European paper watermarked Whatman 1848, identifying inscription and numeral 49 at lower centre
595 x 415 mm.

Footnotes

Cupressus lusitanica, a form of cypress tree, is an evergreen conifer which can grow up to forty metres high. It was originally cultivated in Portugal (from which derives its scientific name, lusitanica), but was introduced into central and south America from the 17th Century, where it flourished, and where it is referred to as cedro blanco. Subsequently it was introduced into parts of southern Asia, where it became naturalised and often confused with native varieties of cypress.

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