2 black & white photographs of Murillo Tulip with bulb: 1. Black & White Photograph, mounted on white card (25.8 x 16.7 cm), showing a Murillo Tulip with bulb, black background: back inscribed 'Tulip with bad partically developed as a bulb, brought in by Miss de Winton, May 1922'. 2. As above but on grey background, not mounted (16.5 x 10.4 cm).
Set of 4 watercolour paintings of pairs of tulips showing 2 tulips on a single stem side by side on white card used in 'The Book of the Tulip' (1929) by Sir A Daniel Hall.: 1. Watercolour on white card (23.6 x 14.8 cm) of two tulips, grey/mauve and pink 'Darwin Tulips' as in Plate XVII, p140 in 'The Book of the Tulip' (1929) by Sir A Daniel Hall. Left to right: 'Rev H Ewbank' and 'Suzon'. Signed 'HCO'. nd [c 1929]. Back inscribed with correct tulip names but 'Plate XXI' not XVII as used in book. 2.Watercolour on white card (23.3 x 17.1 cm) of two tulips, red with purple centres, as in Plate XIX, p156 in 'The Book of the Tulip' (1929) by Sir A Daniel Hall. Left to right: 'Isis' and 'Millet'. Signed 'HCO'. Back inscribed with correct tulip names but 'Plate XXII' not XIX as used in book. 3. Watercolour on white card (23.9 x 18.4 cm) of two tulips, purple with yellow centre and red with white centre, as in Plate XV, p124 in 'The Book of the Tulip' (1929) by Sir A Daniel Hall. Left to right: 'Velvet King' and 'Dipper'. Signed 'HCO'. Back inscribed with correct tulip names but 'Plate XX' not XV as used in book. 4.Watercolour on white card (20.6 x 19.0 cm) of two tulips, Broken tulips, stripy 'feathered' purpilish red and white, as in Plate XXIII, p188 in 'The Book of the Tulip' (1929) by Sir A Daniel Hall. Left to right: 'Mabel'' and 'Lady Moyra Cavendish'. Signed 'HCO'. Back inscribed with correct tulip names but 'Plate XXIV' not XXIII as used in book.
Photographs x 12 of Tulips used in 'The Book of the Tulip' (1929) and 'The Genus Tulipa' (1940) by Sir A Daniel Hall: 1. Black & white photograph of Tulipa Hageri used for painting reproduced in 'The Genus Tulipa' (1940), Plate IV. Bottom labelled 'Tulipa Hageri, John Innes I, May 1930'. 2. Black & white photographs x 3: Tulipa biflora x2, labelled T Byflora major, dated 8/4/29 and Tulipa turkestanica x1, dated 8/4/29. See plate XI, 'The Genus Tulipa' (1940). 3. Black & white photograph of a tulip labelled 'T. kushkensis', back inscribed 'with yellow screen K3'. See Plate XXVIII, 'The Genus Tulipa' (1940). 4. Black & white photograph of a tulip labelled 'Tulipa Kaschmir Chrysantha Hay', back dated 29/3/33. 5. Black & white photograph of a tulip labelled 'Tulipa Kolpakowskyana. See Plate XXXVI, 'The Genus Tulipa' (1940). 6. Black & white photograph of an array of 6 tulips, very similar to the photograph 'Shapes of Garden Tulips' in 'The Book of the Tulip' (1929), Plate XII, p 100, which includes tulip varieties 'Grey Dawn', 'Rev E Ewbank', 'Bacchus', Inglescombe Pink' and 'Mrs Moon'. 7. Black & white photograph of a tulip, stripy petals. Back inscribed 'Naurual size', dated May 1930. Similar to e.g. 'Athos' in 'The Book of the Tulip' (1929), Plate XXI, p172. 8. Black & white photographs x 2 of tulips, similar type to 7. (above). No date, c 1930. 9. Black & white photograph of 3 tulips, possibly Tulipa kaufmanniana, back dated May 1930.
13 large b&w photographs (30.5 x 38.0 cm) of different selections of Osterstock's tulip paintings. 5 photographs duplicated x2 and 1 photograph x3 , no date, c 1940 or later
Paintings and photographs
Collection of 10 paintings of white/pink/purple tulips, mounted and framed, some signed, one dated 1928. Originals or similar to illustrations for The Genus Tulipa: Plate VII: Tupila. violaccea (middle left); Plate VIII: T. violacea var. pallida (bott. far left).
Collection of 8 paintings of white/pink/yellow tulips, mounted and framed, some signed. Originals or similar to illustrations for The Genus Tulipa: Plate XI: Tupila. biflora and T. turkestanica (top left), Plate XII: T. polychroma (midd. top), Plate IX: T. aucheriana x2 and T. cretica (top right), Plate XXXVI: T. kolpakowskiana (bott. right) and from The Book of the Tulip: frontispiece, T. saxatalis.
Paintings and photographs by H C Osterstock in the Rare Books Room plan chest
Painting of three studies of tulips, signed HCO, framed and mounted: these are copies of paintings by Sebastian Schedel (1570-1628), Pierre Joseph Buchoz (1731-1807) and Jacob van Walscapelle (1644-1727). Back reads: 'Plate XIX of Old Garden Tulips. Left - from a drawing in Schedel Calendarium, 1610 (Kew Library); Middle -Semper Augustus from Buchoz, 1781; Right - from a picture by Walscapelle, c.1700 in the National Gallery'. Framed by Leveton & Sons, Norwich, No. 131 280.
Photograph of maize plant taken at John Innes, hand coloured, signed 'H C Osterstock Aug 1934', framed and mounted 16 x 20cm/ 43 x 28 cm (frame). Framed by Jim Moyes Compendiun Ltd, E.C.1.