Artist: Sowerby, James, draughtsman - British artist, 1756-1822; Date(s): circa 1800; Classification(s): drawing, drawing, watercolour, watercolour with gum Arabic over graphite outline within ruled graphite margins, on paper; Acquisition: bequeathed by Fairhaven, Henry Rogers Broughton, Second Lord, 1973 [PD.105-1973.32]
Description: A study of plant with fleshy rootstock and single stem with leaves & flower; lower right, detailed study of individual stamen and lower left, detail of ovary with style and stigmas.