Saccolabium Veolaceum 05_09_23 The letters A-F denote bastions

The letters A-F denote bastions from which Canadian militia and the few regular British troops watched for an American attack

Tanner’s 1828 map was the foundation of the “Treaty Series

including prominent features such as the Indus and Ganges river systems

complete with rapids and swamps

Date: 1778

Saccolabium Veolaceum 05_09_23 The letters A-F denote bastionsSertum 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)