Lot 60: Otto Soltau (Germany 1885-1915)

Otto Soltau (Germany 1885-1915) >A group of five designs for botanical plates, comprising: Orange mullein (<i>Verbascum phlomoides<i>) and Yellow foxglove (Digitalis ambigua); Chinese tea (Thea sinensis), Carthusian pink (Dianthus carthusianorum), Ragged Robin (Lychnis flos-cuculi) and Common Corncockle (Agrostemma githago); Red foxglove and autumn crocus (Colchicum autumnale) with other plants; Green-winged orchid (Anacamptis morio) and Lady's slipper orchid (Cypripedium calceolus); and Sweet violet (Viola odorata) and Field pansy (Viola arvensis) >each inscribed with numbers and a key (on the backing paper) and further inscribed with plate numbers<br>pencil and watercolour >11 x 8 in. (28 x 20.5 cm.)<br>

Christie's, London, 23 June 1983, part of lot 145 (5), part of lot 147 (1), part of lot 156 (2 and 3) and part of lot 157 (5).