ALBUM FLORA - DUQUE DA TERCEIRA

ÁLBUM FLORA

ÁLBUM COM 118 DESENHOS AGUARELADOS

Álbum de 25x20,5 cm, com cento e dezoito desenhos coloridos.
Alguns desenhos encontram-se assinados com a inicial “D” e um datado de 21 (1821).

Encadernação inteira em tela vermelha, com título a dourado na primeira pasta. Lombada composta por cinco casas e cinco falsos nervos, apresentando o título “ALBUM/ FLORA” na segunda casa e o monograma coroado do Duque da Terceira abaixo do nervo inferior. Guardas em papel moiré branco com o selo “ Lisboa & C.a”, encadernadores da Casa Real. Corte das folhas a dourado.
Desenhos a lápis e tinta, totalmente coloridos a aguarela ( numa solução à base de goma arábica).

€ 4000.00

O álbum foi propriedade de António José Severim de Noronha (1792-1860), 1º Duque da Terceira..
Desenhos feitos a partir das gravuras da CURTIS’S BOTANICAL MAGAZINE.

Em 1821,o Duque da Terceira ocupava o cargo de Governador do Grão-Pará, no Brasil, pelo que se admite a possibilidade do autor ser um artista brasileiro.

Lista dos desenhos botânicos:
Lilium Martagon, Paeonia Rubens, Rhododendro Maximus, Nelumbium Speciosum, Cyclamen Persicum, Epidendrum Sinense, Helleborus Niger, Crocus Sulphurens, Phlox Pilosa, Stapelia Ceminata, Aristea Melaleuca, Gazania Uniflora, Stapelia Divaricata, Cyclamen Coum, Moraea Ciliata, Kaempferia Rotunda, Amaryllis Ornata, Watsonia Roseo-variegata, Hibiscus Palustris, Ixia Maculata, Moraea Pavonia, Campanula Peregrina, Lupinus Nootkatensis, Tropaeolum Majus, Nigella Hispanica, Ibbtesonia Genistoides, Eryngium Alpinum, Prunus Nigra, Amaryllis Revoluta, Cistus Incanus, Antholyza Aethiopica, Lilium Superbum, Lilium Pomponium, Embothrium Speciosissimum, Linum Trigynum, Cyrtanthus Obliquus, Chrysanthemum Coccineum, Fritillaria Imperialis, Symphytum Asperinum, Rudbeckia Purpurea, Iris Sobbiflora, Nymphaea Rubra, Franklin’s Tartar, Crocus Nemus Odoratus, Iris Persica, Hyacinthus Orientalis, Liparia Sphaerica, Watsonia Rosea, Narcissus Major corona angustiore, Trichonema Pudicum, Haemanthus Coccineus, Colchicum Variegatum, Chorchorus Japonicus, Dolichos Lablab, Poinciana Pulcherrima, Catalpa Syringifolia, Iris Pumila, Passiflora Caerulea, Crocus Serotinus, Amaryllis Venusta, Celsia Critica, Scabiosa Caucasea, Verbascum Phoenicium, Althaea Flexuosa, Dianthus Alpinus, Dianthus Chinensis, Rosa Lutea, Physalis Edulis, Rhododendron Caucaseum, Iris Pumila var. Violácea, Convolvulus Tricolor, Tulipa Gesneriana, Camellia Japonica, Amaryllis Ornata Uni-pluriflora, Passiflora Alata, Watsonia Humilis, Hemerocallis Caerulea, Hypoxis Serrata, Aloe Mitraeformis, Melastoma Carymbosa, Moraea Spicata, Dilwynia Odorata, Campanula Collina, Gloxinia Maculata, Sonoma Taurica, Aloe Arborescens, Fritillaria Racemosa, Phlox Amoena, Atragene Americana, Amaryllis Ornata, Watsonia Meriana, Fritillaria Persica, Amaryllis Advena, Helleborus Hyemalis, Convolvulus Bryonia-folius, Lilium Concolor, Diosma Speciosa, Menyanthes Sarmentosa, Campanula Barbata, Aquilegia Hybrida, Verbascum Ovalifolium, Sachenalia Quadricolor, Tulipa Sylvestris, Aloe Picta, Galaxia Ovata, Gladiolus Versicolor, Haemanthus Punicens, Lonicera Plava, Aconitum Uncinatum, Colchicum Byzantinum, Narcissus Orientalis, Goodenia Grandiflora, Iris Variegata, Pancratium Amancaes, Narcissus Orientalis, Narcissus Major, Lilium Tigrinum, Impatiens Coccinea, Scalia Jaceoides.



ALBUM WITH 118 GREAT QUALITY DRAWINGS AFTER CURTIS’S BOTANICAL MAGAZINE ENGRAVINGS, SIGNED AND DATED 1821.

Album with one-hundred and eighteen botanical drawings.
Some drawings are signed with the initial “D” and and one of them is dated 1821.

Bound in a fake red morocco bookbinder’s cloth, the upper cover inscribed with a large embossed gilt “ALBUM” title, the spine with the “ALBUM /FLORA” title within one of it’s gilt bands and a gilt ducal crown over the initial “T “ (Duque da Terceira) near the foot of spine. White moiré endpapers and a label for Lisboa & C.a,, bookbinders of the Portuguese Royal House, at the front paste-down endpaper. All edges gilt.
The pencil and ink drawings were handcoloured with an arabic gum-based watercolour.
The album measures 25x20,5cm.

The album was the property of António José Severim de Noronha (1792-1860), first Duke of Terceira.
The Duke was the Governor of Gráo-Pará, in Brazil, and the author of the drawings might be a brazilian artist.


Botanical paintings’ list:
Lilium Martagon, Paeonia Rubens, Rhododendro Maximus, Nelumbium Speciosum, Cyclamen Persicum, Epidendrum Sinense, Helleborus Niger, Crocus Sulphurens, Phlox Pilosa, Stapelia Ceminata, Aristea Melaleuca, Gazania Uniflora, Stapelia Divaricata, Cyclamen Coum, Moraea Ciliata, Kaempferia Rotunda, Amaryllis Ornata, Watsonia Roseo-variegata, Hibiscus Palustris, Ixia Maculata, Moraea Pavonia, Campanula Peregrina, Lupinus Nootkatensis, Tropaeolum Majus, Nigella Hispanica, Ibbtesonia Genistoides, Eryngium Alpinum, Prunus Nigra, Amaryllis Revoluta, Cistus Incanus, Antholyza Aethiopica, Lilium Superbum, Lilium Pomponium, Embothrium Speciosissimum, Linum Trigynum, Cyrtanthus Obliquus, Chrysanthemum Coccineum, Fritillaria Imperialis, Symphytum Asperinum, Rudbeckia Purpurea, Iris Sobbiflora, Nymphaea Rubra, Franklin’s Tartar, Crocus Nemus Odoratus, Iris Persica, Hyacinthus Orientalis, Liparia Sphaerica, Watsonia Rosea, Narcissus Major corona angustiore, Trichonema Pudicum, Haemanthus Coccineus, Colchicum Variegatum, Chorchorus Japonicus, Dolichos Lablab, Poinciana Pulcherrima, Catalpa Syringifolia, Iris Pumila, Passiflora Caerulea, Crocus Serotinus, Amaryllis Venusta, Celsia Critica, Scabiosa Caucasea, Verbascum Phoenicium, Althaea Flexuosa, Dianthus Alpinus, Dianthus Chinensis, Rosa Lutea, Physalis Edulis, Rhododendron Caucaseum, Iris Pumila var. Violácea, Convolvulus Tricolor, Tulipa Gesneriana, Camellia Japonica, Amaryllis Ornata Uni-pluriflora, Passiflora Alata, Watsonia Humilis, Hemerocallis Caerulea, Hypoxis Serrata, Aloe Mitraeformis, Melastoma Carymbosa, Moraea Spicata, Dilwynia Odorata, Campanula Collina, Gloxinia Maculata, Sonoma Taurica, Aloe Arborescens, Fritillaria Racemosa, Phlox Amoena, Atragene Americana, Amaryllis Ornata, Watsonia Meriana, Fritillaria Persica, Amaryllis Advena, Helleborus Hyemalis, Convolvulus Bryonia-folius, Lilium Concolor, Diosma Speciosa, Menyanthes Sarmentosa, Campanula Barbata, Aquilegia Hybrida, Verbascum Ovalifolium, Sachenalia Quadricolor, Tulipa Sylvestris, Aloe Picta, Galaxia Ovata, Gladiolus Versicolor, Haemanthus Punicens, Lonicera Plava, Aconitum Uncinatum, Colchicum Byzantinum, Narcissus Orientalis, Goodenia Grandiflora, Iris Variegata, Pancratium Amancaes, Narcissus Orientalis, Narcissus Major, Lilium Tigrinum, Impatiens Coccinea, Scalia Jaceoides.

€ 4000.00