This superb original botanical watercolor is from a manuscript entitled Hortus Botanicus which illustrated plants according to the Linnaean system and Willdenow’s revisions. The manuscript was completed in Vienna between 1810 and 1820. The paper is dutch and datable to the late 18th and early 19th century. There are watermarks from the makers of C.& J. Honig, J. Kool, J. Villedary, and D. & C. Blauw.
Each watercolor details the sources for the illustration in the lower nomenclature. The original artist is named in the left corner and the right corner states the source work of the original illustration. The watercolor artist for the manuscript is unknown. Illustrations were after Jacquin, Ailton, William Curtis, Oeder, Scopoli, Cavanilles, Besler, Rheede, Roxburgh, Banks, and Pallas.
