46 Datura Tatula
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 3/4 x 9 1/4 in. (29.8 x 23.5 cm)
ClassificationsPrints
Credit LineMuseum purchase, funds provided by Wick Moorman
Object number2011.50.8
DescriptionBotanical drawing of (1) Datura Tatula (purple thorn-apple, jimsonweed, devil's snare, or devil's trumpet), a plant with a speckled yellow stem and spiny green seed; (2) Datura Ceratocaula (horny-stemmed thorn-apple, a plant with a white flower; (3) Nicandra Physaloides (alkekengi, kite-flower, apple-of-Peru, shoo-fly plant), a plant with a light green stem, green leaves, and white flower; (4) Saracha Viscosa (clammy saracha), a plant with a prickly green stem, red seed, and gray flower; (5) Solanum Fontanesium (Desfontaines' nightshade), a plant with a prickly green stem and yellow flowers; and (6) Solanum Campanulatum (bell-flowered nightshade), a plant with a prickly green stem, green leaves, and light purple flowers. Plate 46 from "Ladies' Flower-Garden," London, 1840.
