John Nugent Fitch

John Nugent Fitch

John Nugent Fitch (1840–1927), botanical illustrator and lithographer, best known for his contribution of 528 plates to "The Orchid Album", a landmark work of eleven volumes published between 1872 and 1897. Fitch was the nephew of botanical artist Walter Hood Fitch (1817-1892). Fitch also contributed to Curtis's Botanical Magazine from 1878, joining a select group of illustrators such as William Kilburn, James Sowerby, Sydenham Edwards William Jackson Hooker and Walter Hood Fitch.

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* [http://www.aoto.com.sg/newsevents4.htm Orchid Chromolithographs]


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