Dendrobium calceolus
Henry Stevens
(English, 1843 – 1925)
1880's
Medium/TechniqueCarbon print
DimensionsSheet: 36.5 × 44.1 cm (14 3/8 × 17 3/8 in.)
Mount: 52.4 × 67.6 cm (20 5/8 × 26 5/8 in.)
Mount: 52.4 × 67.6 cm (20 5/8 × 26 5/8 in.)
Credit LineMuseum purchase with funds provided by Elisa Fredrickson
Accession number2022.1876
On View
Not on viewClassificationsPhotographs
InscriptionsInscribed "ORCHID, Carbon Print 1895-1905 / British Photographer Unknown" in pencil, and printed "No. 2. DENDROBIUM CALCEOLUS, life size" label adhered on mount versoProvenanceFrederick Adolphus Philbrick (b. 1835 – d. 1910), London [see note]. December 5, 2013, anonymous sale, Ader, Paris, lot 71, to Hans P. Kraus, Jr., Inc. Fine Photographs, New York; 2022, sold by Hans P. Kraus, Jr., Inc. Fine Photographs to the MFA. (Accession date October 12, 2022)
NOTE: Sold as a pair with Odontoglossum crispum guttatum, which has a label on the verso bearing his name.
NOTE: Sold as a pair with Odontoglossum crispum guttatum, which has a label on the verso bearing his name.
