{"title":"Fitch, John Nugent (1840–1927)","description":"\u003cp\u003eBritish botanical illustrator and lithographer John Nugent Fitch (1840–1927) is best known for the 528 plates he contributed to The Orchid Album, a landmark work of eleven volumes published between 1872 and 1897.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFitch was the nephew of botanical artist Walter Hood Fitch (1817–1892). John Nugent 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. He was also employed by Trevor Lawrence to paint pictures of his orchids. In 1877 he was elected a fellow of the Linnean Society.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"john-nugent-fitch-orchid-cattleya-velutina-c-1880s-hand-coloured-lithograph-kb-126","title":"John Nugent Fitch, Orchid Cattleya Velutina – c.1880s hand-coloured lithograph","description":"\u003cp\u003eAn original c.1880s lithograph print, John Nugent Fitch, Orchid Flower (Cattleya Velutina).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA beautiful lithograph, meticulously hand coloured in vivid gouache wash, by the British botanical illustrator and lithographer John Nugent Fitch (1840–1927).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis was plate 26 in The Orchid Album, a landmark work of eleven volumes published between 1872 and 1897, to which John Nugent Fitch contributed 528 plates.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFitch was the nephew of botanical artist Walter Hood Fitch (1817–1892). Best known for The Orchid Album, he 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. He was also employed by Trevor Lawrence to paint pictures of his orchids. In 1877 he was elected a fellow of the Linnean Society.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Somerset \u0026 Wood","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52021396046153,"sku":"KB-126","price":78.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0930\/4306\/5161\/files\/kb-126.jpg?v=1743520305"}],"url":"https:\/\/somersetandwood.com\/en-eu\/collections\/fitch-john-nugent-1840-1927.oembed","provider":"Somerset \u0026 Wood Fine Art","version":"1.0","type":"link"}