Article ID: CBB762625869

Three botanical watercolours by Richard Bradley (c.1688–1732) including of coffee and cinnamon (2022)

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Three watercolour paintings by Richard Bradley, depicting plants from the East Indies and southern Africa, are described. The images of Coffea arabica (coffee) (Rubiaceae), Cinnamomum verum (cinnamon) (Lauraceae) and a southern African succulent, Cylindrophyllum calamiforme (Aizoaceae), are bound into contemporary volumes now held at the British Library, London. Also included in the cinnamon watercolour are two images of Sri Lankan butterflies. This paper sets these watercolours in the context of Bradley’s other paintings and colour illustrations. These three images, hitherto unpublished, were probably painted during Bradley’s visit to Holland in 1714.

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Authors & Contributors
Olmi, Giuseppe
Dickenson, Victoria J. V.
Lederer, Roger J.
van Andel, Tulemore Ruth
John A. Edgington
Jennifer Garland
Concepts
Scientific illustration
Science and art
Painters and painting
Botany
Visual representation; visual communication
Natural history
Time Periods
18th century
Early modern
17th century
16th century
19th century
Modern
Places
Netherlands
Great Britain
East Indies
Arabian peninsula
Atlantic Ocean
England
Institutions
McGill University (Canada)
Kongelige Danske Videnskabernes Selskab
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