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Londen, Verenigd Koninkrijk
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This painting of a cotton rose hibiscus is skilfully done and very true to life. Unfamiliar flora and fauna were of great interest to British botanists in the 18th and 19th centuries, and such enthusiasm gradually filtered down to the general public. Travellers often returned to Britain with foreign plants and, more commonly, paintings depicting numerous species of tropical flowers and fruits.
Victoria and Albert Museum