Te Papa - Sarah Featon - Pixie Cap Orchid - Print

ARTIST: Sarah Featon

TITLE: Native orchids (Pixie cap orchid, Acianthus sinclairii; spider orchid, Corybas macranthus; white fingers, Caladenia minor; Tutukiwi, greenhood orchid, Pterostylis banksii)

Watercolour. About 1885

NZ Botanical artist Sarah Featon (1848-1927) illustrated the “Art Album of New Zealand Flora” published in 1888, the plates illustrated by Featon and the text written by her husband Edward. Reputedly created to counter the belief among botanists that there were no flowers on New Zealand native plants this book was the first full colour book to be actually printed in New Zealand. 

DIMENSIONS: 240 mm x 295 mm 
STOCK: Tintoretto

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