John William Lewin
(1770 - 1819)
FIVE BOTANICAL STUDIES, c.1805
pencil and watercolour on paper
(I) BOTANICAL STUDY, (HANDSOME FLAT PEA), c.1805 32.5 x 23.5 cm inscribed upper right: 171
inscribed lower left: Platyfolesuim formosum
inscribed lower right: Platylobium formosum / X / Smith (II) BOTANICAL STUDY, (HAIRY BUSH PEA) c.1805 33.5 x 20.0 cm
inscribed upper centre: 188
inscribed lower right: Pultenaea villosa Sm. X (III) BOTANICAL STUDY, (FUCHSIA HEATH), c.1805 30.0 x 20.0 cm
inscribed upper centre: A
inscribed upper right: 30
inscribed lower left: X Epacris [illeg.] / Smith (IV) BOTANICAL STUDY, (NARROW-LEAVED MINT-BUSH), c.1805 29.0 x 22.5 cm
inscribed upper right: 212
inscribed lower left: C. Didynamia
inscribed lower right: Prostanthera linearis / a bad figure / X / oil / [illeg.] / R. Br / [illeg]. (V) BOTANICAL STUDY, (RED SPIDER FLOWER), c.1805 29.5 x 20.0 cm
inscribed upper centre: a [illegible] of 13
inscribed upper right: 14
inscribed lower left: Embothrium
inscribed lower right: Grevillia punicea
Estimate:
$10,000 - $15,000 (5)
Sold:
$244,000 (inc. BP)
lot details
inscribed lower left: Platyfolesuim formosum
inscribed lower right: Platylobium formosum / X / Smith (II) BOTANICAL STUDY, (HAIRY BUSH PEA) c.1805 33.5 x 20.0 cm
inscribed upper centre: 188
inscribed lower right: Pultenaea villosa Sm. X (III) BOTANICAL STUDY, (FUCHSIA HEATH), c.1805 30.0 x 20.0 cm
inscribed upper centre: A
inscribed upper right: 30
inscribed lower left: X Epacris [illeg.] / Smith (IV) BOTANICAL STUDY, (NARROW-LEAVED MINT-BUSH), c.1805 29.0 x 22.5 cm
inscribed upper right: 212
inscribed lower left: C. Didynamia
inscribed lower right: Prostanthera linearis / a bad figure / X / oil / [illeg.] / R. Br / [illeg]. (V) BOTANICAL STUDY, (RED SPIDER FLOWER), c.1805 29.5 x 20.0 cm
inscribed upper centre: a [illegible] of 13
inscribed upper right: 14
inscribed lower left: Embothrium
inscribed lower right: Grevillia punicea
Commissioned by Phillip Gidley King, Governor of New South Wales, 1800 – 1806
Governor and Mrs King, New South Wales
Thence by descent
Ms E. Goldfinch, New South Wales, granddaughter of Governor King
Blaxland family, New South Wales, acquired from the above in 1905
Thence by descent
Private collection, Sydney
Private collection, Sydney, acquired from the above in 1999