Name: EDWIN DALTON SMITH (BRITISH, FL. 1823-46)
Brand: Two studies of camellias: dark red anenome and 'Lady Audrey Buller'
Price: 600.00 USD
Availability: SoldOut

EDWIN DALTON SMITH (BRITISH, FL. 1823-46)
Two studies of camellias: dark red anenome and 'Lady Audrey Buller'
signed 'E.D. Smith delt' (both, lower left)
pencil and watercolor heightened with gum arabic on card
each 12⁷⁄₈ x 9³⁄₄ in. (32.7 x 24.8 cm.)

John Allnutt.
By descent to his heirs.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 15 March 1988, lots 64 and 86.
Acquired by Ann and Gordon Getty from the above.

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Edwin Dalton Smith produced plates for various botanical publications by Robert Sweet, including British Flower Garden, 1823-34, Geraniceae, 1820-30, Florist's Guide, 1827-32, and Flora Australasica, 1827-8. He also illustrated Benjamin Maund's Botanic Garden, 1825-51, the original drawings for which are now in the Natural History Museum, London.
The present group were all commissioned from the artist by John Allnutt (1773-1863), a merchant banker and owner of a wine and brandy business. Allnutt had a notable collection of pictures, including works commissioned from Sir Thomas Lawrence and James Ward.