Mid-19th Century Pen & Ink Botanical Study of a Black Dammar Tree
£950
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A finely executed pen and ink study on paper of a Canarium Strictum (Black Dammar Tree).
Dated July, 1857. Set in a giltwood frame
Inscribed with the species name and the place of discovery and execution: Annamallays (translating literally as ‘Elephant Hills’). With Indian inscription in pencil also.
The Annamallays Plateau contains about 100 square miles in the Southern Highlands of India.
