Orchis Spectabilis (Showy Orchis)
Series TitleWildflowers of New England
Artist
Edwin Hale Lincoln
(American, 1848 - 1938)
Dateca. 1905
MediumPlatinum print
DimensionsImage and sheet: 9 3/8 × 7 3/8 inches (23.81 × 18.73 cm)
Mount: 15 × 13 inches (38.1 × 33.02 cm)
Mount: 15 × 13 inches (38.1 × 33.02 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation
Object number2016.75.160
Signednone
InscribedNumbered and titled on mount recto, lower left, in black type: “151. ORCHIS SPECTABILIS, / SHOWY ORCHIS.”
MarkingsNumbered on mount verso, left edge, in pencil: “8634RY”
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DescriptionBotanical image of flower with two wide oval leaves which clasp at the stem. The blooms cluster at the top of the smooth stems and appear two-parted with slightly ruffled edges.Provenance
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