Safran d'autone [Colchicum autumnale]

Title

Safran d'autone [Colchicum autumnale]

Record type

Drawings

Original Reference

A/FdD/V2/66

Author or creator

Unknown

Date

c.1800

Scope & content

Watercolour on paper of Safran d'autone (Colchicum autumnale) from Album 'Flore du Desert' volume 2, page 66, c.1800. Recto: TR: Handwritten in ink: '25'; TL: Handwritten in ink: 'Safran d'autone'. The current botanical name is Colchicum autumnale. The English vernacular names include Meadow saffron, Autumn crocus and Naked ladies

Extent

1 item

Physical description

watercolour painting (technique). 27 cm x 19 cm. watercolour (paint). paper

Is part of

Flore du Desert volume 1 and 2

Pagination

Volume II, page 66

Subjects

Colchicum autumnale

Meadow saffron

Autumn crocus

Naked ladies

Repository

Royal Horticultural Society Lindley Library

Plant Genus

Colchicum

Common Name

autumn crocus

Copyright

No known copyright restrictions

Credit Line

RHS Lindley Collections

Usage terms

Public domain