Seven plants, including two orchids and two hawthorns: flowering stems. Coloured etching, c. 1836.

An orchid (Angraecum sesquipedale Thouars): flowers, a leaf and small outline of the whole plant. Coloured lithograph by W. Fitch, c.1862, after himself.

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Angraecum

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Seven plants, including two orchids and two hawthorns: flowering stems. Coloured etching, c. 1836.

An orchid (Angraecum sesquipedale Thouars): flowers, a leaf and small outline of the whole plant. Coloured lithograph by W. Fitch, c.1862, after himself.