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Artist
Sarah Cresswell
Title
Ladies Traces
Description
This illuminated drawing is possibly by Rev Richard Cresswell’s sister, Sarah. The writing describes the Ladies Traces (or Tresses) orchid. the illuminated letters depict royal figures and animals.
Date Unknown
Medium watercolour and ink on paper
Dimensions 415 x 315 mm
institution QS:P195,Q7373646
Current location
Fine Art; Drawings
Accession number
Credit line Royal Albert Memorial Museum & Art Gallery
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HERB. MUS. EXON CRESSWELL COLLECTION 19/1927 7

Neottia Spiralis Ladies Traces. Bulbs clustered, oblong, downy. Stem single five or six inches high invested with a few small sheathing leaves. The cadical leaves ovate, spreading, glaucous, smooth. spike terminal, erect, of many small greenish-white, sweet scented flowers, leaning to one side. The spike with its stalk, is downy and [?]. It is reckoned among the rarer English plants. Growing in gravelly or chalky meadows. Flowering in September. This specimen came from a field near Haldon.
Source/Photographer Royal Albert Memorial Museum & Art Gallery
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