'Lychnidea Caroliniana floribus...' mb-code 1619052 Bishop's Walk

Bishop's Walk

The design eventually chosen for the bridge

1245x1016mm

View of Chelsea Old Church with the River Thames on the left

A cherry seller carrying a basket of cherries on her head

'Lychnidea Caroliniana floribus...' mb-code 1619052 Bishop's WalkBotanical study of Phlox carolina, described by John Martyn in the Historia Plantarum Rariorum (1728 ) and reproduced there as plate 9, (sponsored by Johann Caspar Scheutzer). From a specimen grown at Chelsea Physic Garden, probably from originals gathered by Mark Catesby. Inscribed in ink 'Lychnidea Caroliniana foribus quasi umbellatim dispositis folio lucidis crassis acutus, Martyn. H. R. P. D.' Not signed. Watermarked 'LVG.' Original: watercolour