Untitled 5 Artist_Thomas Moran His first draft of the

His first draft of the Declaration of Independence attacked slavery as “execrable commerce

Zebulon Pike

the SS Providence had officially retired and was used only sporadically

with only a few rare proofs remaining in Europe

and testified to the remarkable accurate colors of the chomolithographs

Untitled 5 Artist_Thomas Moran His first draft of theSertum orchidaceum, an album so titled of watercolour drawings of orchids. English, mid nineteenth century Watercolour drawings of orchids and flowering plants, captioned at foot HIGHLY ACCOMPLISHED LARGE SCALE WATERCOLOUR DRAWINGS. A pencil note on the fly leaf reads These drawings are thought to be done by the wife of MacFarlane the celebrated orchid painter (i. e. James Laird MacFarlane, 1836 1913). PROVENANCE: Samuel Williams Fuller (c. 1777 1857)