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Possibly an original watercolour sketch for a colour photograph for a publication, which has been mounted for an exhibition. Accompanying text reads, 'Caryota urens H.S., Panoramas and views from India and High Asia by Hermann and Adolphe Schlagintweit, with some photographs by Robert Schlagintweit. 1854 to 1858'.
Title
Old Trunk of a Toddy Palm Tree (Caryota Urens)
Date
1854–1858
Medium
watercolour on paper (?)
Measurements
H 22.1 x W 16.4 cm
Accession number
21747i
Acquisition method
presumed to be part of the collection formed by Henry S. Wellcome
Work type
Drawing & watercolour
Wellcome Collection
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