Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi

Images(7)

23 Lathyrus Odoratus

Artist Jane Webb Loudon (British, 1807 - 1858)

Date1840

MediumLithograph, hand colored, ink on paper

DimensionsMat: 20 x 16 in. (50.8 x 40.6 cm)
Paper: 11 5/8 x 9 1/4 in. (29.5 x 23.5 cm)

ClassificationsPrints

Credit LineMuseum purchase, funds provided by Dr. Richard Tavernetti

Object number2012.1.4

Collections

PRINTS AND DRAWINGS BEFORE 1850

DescriptionBotanical drawing of (1) Lathryus ororatus (Sweet pea), (2) Lathryus tingitanus (Tangier pea), (3) Lathryus sativus (Chickling vetch), (4) Lathryus articulates (Jointed or Winged pea), (5) Lathyrus nissolia (crimson grass vetch), (6) Lathyrus amphicarpos (Under-ground or Earth-pea), (7) Vicia onobrychioides (saintfoin-like vetch), (8) Vicia atropurpurea (Dark purple vetch), (9) Lotus tetragonolobus (Dark crimson-winged pea), (10) Lotus jacobeus (Black, or St. Jago birds’-foot trefoil), (11) Astragalus sinicus (Rose-coloured milk-vetch), (12) Lablab vulgaris (Black-seeded doliciios, or Egyptian bean), all plants with green stem and leaves, and various types and colors of flowers. From "Ladies' Flower-Garden," London, 1840.