by Lena Lowis
original hand coloured lithograph
Captioned ‘Convolvulus pentanthus’
Lena Lowis (1845- 1919) was the daughter of Sir Richmond Campbell Shakespear (1812-1861), an Indian-born British Indian Army officer who helped abolish the capture and selling of Russian slaves in Khiva. She was born in India and later educated and married in England where she lived with her husband and five children.
The artist chronicled many of the flowers commonly cultivated in Indian gardens, some of which were indigenous to the region, while others were introduced by gardeners. Her illustrations are not meant to be taken treatise on botany or as a manual of gardening, rather to convey a fair idea of the colour and texture of the original, to those who have not seen them.
Size (cms): 25.5(H) x 20(W)
Size (inches): 10(H) x 8(W)
Size with Mount (cms): 42(H) x 36(W)
Size with Mount (inches): 16.5(H) x 14(W)
