ANTIQUE PRINTS
Nathaniel Wallich (Danish, 1786-1854)
Title: "Salvia cana (Woolly Sage)" (Plate 116)
Portfolio: Plantae Asiaticae Rariores; or,
Descriptions and Figures of a Select Number of
Unpublished East Indian Plants
*Rare
Year: 1830-1832
Medium: Original Hand-Colored Lithograph
Limited edition: 254
Sheet size: 21.13" x 14.25"
Reference: Nissen BBI No. 2099; Pritzel No. 9957;
Stafleu-Cowan No. 16583; Dunthorne No. 326
Price: $900
Nathaniel Wolff Wallich FRS FRSE (28 January 1786 – 28 April 1854) was a surgeon and botanist of Danish origin who worked in
India, initially in the Danish settlement near Calcutta and later for the Danish East India Company and the British East India
Company. He was involved in the early development of the Calcutta Botanical Garden, describing many new plant species and
developing a large herbarium collection which was distributed to collections in Europe. Several of the plants that he collected
were named after him.
FINE ART INVESTMENTS SINCE 1978
Title: "Impatiens puberula (Soft Pink Balsam)"
(Plate 193)
Portfolio: Plantae Asiaticae Rariores; or,
Descriptions and Figures of a Select Number of
Unpublished East Indian Plants
*Rare
Year: 1830-1832
Medium: Original Hand-Colored Lithograph
Limited edition: 254
Reference: Nissen BBI No. 2099; Pritzel No. 9957;
Stafleu-Cowan No. 16583; Dunthorne No. 326
Sheet size: 21.13" x 14.13"
Price: $900