Palmyra palm trees (Borassus flabellifer) near Madras, India. Watercolour by H. Schlagintweit, 1855.

Leipzig : F. A. Brockhaus, 1854 to 1858.

1 painting : watercolour ; image 17.2 x 14.9 cm

Palmyra trees near Madrás. Lat. Borassus flabelliformis. Hind. Tal. H.S. 1855 Febr.23. Lettering continues: "Panoramas and views from India and High Asia by Hermann and Adolphe Schlagintweit, with some photographs by Robert Schlagintweit. 1854 to 1858. group 9 nro. 5. Gen. nro. of cat. 205 Photogr. by J. Albert, Munich. Leipzig, F. A. Brockhaus."

Possibly an original watercolor sketch for a colour photograph for a publication, which has been mounted for an exhibition

Wellcome Collection 21744i