Lot 349: [ Books ]

Pritchard ( Mary E., exh. 1893-1913). Sketchbook of watercolour studies of the flora of Capri, 1880-1881, forty-eight original watercolour drawings, all titled in ms., and some dated, incl. Star Anemone, Morio Orchis, Witch Cabbage, Almond Blossom, Witch Storkbill Geranium, Bee Orchis, Yellow Cistus, Vetch, Star of Bethlehem, Spider Orchis, one leaf detached, leaf size 89 x 122 mm ( 3.5 x 4.75 ins), albumen print of Faraglioni, Capri, mounted to front pastedown, ms. ownership signature of M.W. Pritchard to front free endpaper, orig. oak boards, inlaid design of a swallow to upper cover ( with crack across), blue morocco spine gilt Mary Pritchard was a flower and fruit painter based in London and Canterbury. She exhibited at the R.A., the R.B.A., and the S.W.A.