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Swan, Joseph, active 1820-1840.

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  • A tropical orchid (Catasetum trifidum): flowering stem, leaf and floral segments. Coloured engraving by J. Swan, c. 1833, after W. Hooker.
  • An orchid (Otochilus fusca): flowering stem and floral segments. Coloured engraving by J. Swan, c. 1842, after W. Fitch.

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    An orchid (Otochilus fusca): flowering stem and floral segments. Coloured engraving by J. Swan, c. 1842, after W. Fitch.

    Fitch, W. H. (Walter Hood), 1817-1892. | Date: 1 January 1842 | Reference: 25844i
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    A tropical orchid (Catasetum trifidum): flowering stem, leaf and floral segments. Coloured engraving by J. Swan, c. 1833, after W. Hooker.

    Hooker, William Jackson, Sir, 1785-1865. | Date: 1 September 1833 | Reference: 25843i

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