Manuscript comprises: title-page in pencil; 30 watercolors all measuring approximately 14 ¾ x 21 1/8 inches (one is a folding leaf measuring 30 ½ x 20 ¼ inches)bearing botanical names in pencil; three blank leaves. Each drawing has been mounted onto a leaf with a manuscript label bottom center, presumably in the hand of the artist, identifying the fruit and the height of the tree. Bookplate: “Crewe Hall/Inferior Sequor Nec.” Bound in three-quarter green morocco and green cloth. Spine tooled in gilt. Spine height: 21 inches.

1. Cover
2. Title page
3. Frontispiece
4. Spondias purpurea
5. Prospis dulcis
6. Citrus limonium
7. Cucurrbita citrullus
8. Citrus decumana
9. Malpighia ntida (D.L.)
10. Psidium pyriferum (Lin.)
11. Jungulan nigra
12. Solanum variegatum
13. Opuntia Tuna
14. Campomanesia linatifolia
15.  Anona muricata (lin)
16. Mangifera indica
17. Punica granatum
18. Citrus Bergaradia
19. Annona cherimolia
20. Cucumis
21. Laurus
22. Ananassa
23. Passiflora
24. Carica Papaya
25. Passiflora quadrangularis
26. Lucuma obovata
27. Citrus limica
28. Eryobothrya japoniea
29. Solanum
30. Musa Paradisiaca
31. Theobroma cacao
32. A pineapple

Help us solve the mystery of the identification of Mrs. Smith. It seems that Mrs. Smith brought her artwork to a Dr Lin in Lima. He may have been a botanist in Lima around 1850. This is referred to in her writing on the unfinished work on the pineapple. At some point, this manuscript found its way to England, in the library of Crewe Hall, as it has the bookplate. Hopefully by sharing this amazing work on the Internet we will learn more about Mrs. Smith.