Album of 50 drawings of flowers, fruit and insects

Jacques Le Moyne de Morgues (circa 1533 - 1588)

British Museum

1565

The album was probably intended for a wealthy patron. Scientifically significant as it shows the origins of horticulture and for the first scientific records of entomology in England. Nearly all plants drawn are English and include no longer extant apples and pears.

• Medium: watercolour
• Art Fund Grant: £3000 ( Total: £17,000)
• ArtFunded in: 1962
• Vendor: Sotheby's

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