Creator(s)	Sprague, Isaac, 1811-1895, artist.
Title	Arethusa bulbosa.
Link to library catalog record	http://catalog.bostonathenaeum.org/vwebv/holdingsInfo?bibId=414779
Date	[18--].
Physical description	1 drawing : graphite ; image 22.2 x 16 cm., sheet 29.2 x 19.6 cm.
Summary	The sheet contains eleven botanical drawings of the flower commonly known as dragon's mouth. There are three drawings of the seed and roots, one of them labeled "Bud for the coming spring." There is a section of the flower; a diagram or ground plan of the flower; two sections detailing the top of the style with its helmet-shaped hinged anther, over a little shelf, the lower face of which is the stigma; a drawing of the ripe pod; a diagram labeled "ripe pod;" another diagram labeled "lip;" and a drawing of the flower still encased in its sepals. "Arethusa bulbosa" is inscribed in the lower left corner of the sheet. Gift of Isaac Sprague, Jr. December 1960. #6016. Formerly Mss.L234. #3832.
Subject(s)	Flowers--Pictorial works.
Genre terms	Drawings--United States--1800-1900.
Location/Call number	Prints and Photographs Dept. (Appointment required) A L234 no.36
Provenance	Spraque, Isaac. donor.
Source	Arethusa bulbosa.tif
Rights	Collection of the Boston Athenaeum. May not be reproduced or quoted without written permission. For more information, see http://www.bostonathenaeum.org/node/46