[Percival (H.) botanical artist:]

TWO CLOTH BOUND SKETCHBOOKS

Containing 42 watercolour paintings of South African botanical subjects

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The albums are signed on the front endpapers H. Percival, South Africa but the paintings are not signed but the place and dates between 1938 & 1939 are noted at the bottom left hand corners in ink or pencil. Most of the plants are identified and the locations noted: Cape Town, Cape Flats, Knysna, Johannesburg, Durban, etc. Also Victoria Falls and Zimbabwe.

There is no further information about the artist who was evidently a competent amateur botanical artist. The flower structures are carefully observed and the colours are naturalistic and restrained.

The Solid Block Sketch Books, made by Winsor & Newton Limited, London, each containing 24 leaves of "Whatman" paper and are bound in oatmeal coloured cloth each with an elastic tie.

  • Size: Oblong 8vo (180 x 260 mm)
  • Name: Clarke's Africana & Rare Books
  • Contact Person: Paul Mills
  • Country: South Africa
  • Email: [email protected]
  • Telephone: 021 794 0600
  • Preferred Payment Methods: Visa & Mastercard via PayGate secure links and Bank transfers.
  • Trade Associations: ABA - ILAB, SABDA


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