Charlotte Anne Lefroy (Scottish / Australian, 1824-1903) Grevillea Robusta

Charlotte Anne Lefroy (Scottish / Australian, 1824-1903) Grevillea Robusta titled lower left: 'Grevillea Robusta' pencil and watercolour on tinted paper 36.5 x 26.0cm (14 3/8 x 10 1/4in). Footnotes: PROVENANCE Sotheby's, London, 27 May 1988, lot 105 Spinks & Son, Sydney, 1988 (card attached verso) Private collection, New South Wales EXHIBITED Australian Flowers (Chiefly Tasmanian), An Exhibition of Watercolours by Lady Charlotte Lefroy, Spinks & Son, Sydney, 29 November - 16 December 1988 Lady Lefroy, nee Dundas, a particularly talented watercolourist, was the second wife of Sir John Henry Lefroy, a distinguished soldier and scientist, and Administrator of Tasmania from August 1890 until November 1891. These works on paper were executed by Lady Lefroy during her sojourn in Tasmania and en-route to England. In 1988, when still housed in a bound album, this work was sold in London together with her other drawings which depicted: Tecoma Australensis, Sparmania, Cantuar, Anpotera Glandulosus, Warakah, Lopto Spermum Tensis, Edwardsia Microphillea, Bellenena Montana, Sassifras, Banksia Serrata, Ceanothus Thyrsifloras, Calathamnus Clavatus, Wigandia Caracassana, Sachrona Tubiflora, Electron Epeclsum,'Paulonia, Lagunea Patersoni, Tasmanian Lilac, Comesperma Volubile, E. Obliqua (stringy bark), Eucalyptus Cordalum, Eucalyptus Pressei, Eucalyptus Globulus, Eucalyptus Callophylla, Acacia Melanoxylon, Acacia Dealbata -Wattle, Volanum, Mandevillea, Bellendana Montana, Aristotelia Peduncularis, Dreymophylla(?), Boobyalla, Hardenbergia Digittala, Pittas Procum, Strut Pea, Witheringia, Sterculia Diversifolia, Jacaranda, Nuytsia Floribunda, Kennedisa Prostata, South Australian Bignonia, Brugfelsia, Thambergia, Gloriosa Superba, Ipomea Violacia, Amherstea Nobilio, Tea Plant, Cinchona Robusta and Benthamia Fragifera For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing