Title: Fushias Artist: Louis Benoît van Houtte (1810 - 1876) Date: c1883 Technique: Lithograph printed in colour. A lovely botanical lithograph from renowned horticulturalist, Louis Benoît van Houtte. After becoming devastated by the loss of his wife to whom he had been married only a short while, he set off to Brazil to collect orchids for Parthon de Von and the King of Belgium. He left for Rio de Janeiro on 5 January 1834, but due to bad weather and stopping over at Maio in the..