Robert Blyth, 1750–1784, Lady's Slipper (Cypripedium Canadense, Calceolus Maria), 1770
- Title:
- Lady's Slipper (Cypripedium Canadense, Calceolus Maria)
- Date:
- 1770
- Materials & Techniques:
- Watercolor and gouache on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 14 7/8 × 10 5/8 inches (37.8 × 27 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, lower left: "Cypripedium Canadense"; inscribed on verso in graphite, lower right: "15 | Olive"; in pen and black ink, lower right: "Calceolus Maria"
Signed and dated in pen and black ink, lower right: "R. Blyth pinxt. 1770."
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1981.25.2397
- Classification:
- Drawings & Watercolors
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:20040
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