John Nugent Fitch

John Nugent Fitch (24 October 1840 – 11 January 1927) was a British botanical illustrator and lithographer,^[1] best known for his contribution of 528 plates to The Orchid Album,^[2] a landmark work of eleven volumes published between 1872 and 1897. Fitch was the nephew of botanical artist Walter Hood Fitch (1817–1892).^[3] 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. Fitch also produced plates for Lepidoptera Indica^[4] by Frederic Moore. He was also employed by Trevor Lawrence to paint pictures of his orchids.^[5]

John Nugent Fitch
Born	(1840-10-24)24 October 1840
Died	11 January 1927(1927-01-11) (aged 86)
Nationality	British
Known for	botanical illustration and lithography

Cypripedium measuresianum

Laelia anceps stella

Fitch was elected a fellow of the Linnean Society in 1877.^[1]

References

1. Lewis, Jan. "Fitch, Walter Hood (1817–1892)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/54090. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
2. Moore, Thomas (1882). Orchid album :comprising coloured figures and descriptions of new, rare and beautiful orchidaceous plants. Illustrated by John Nugent Fitch. B. S. Williams., 10 volumes, (1882–1897)
3. St George, Ian, 1989 Botanical artists of New Zealand orchids: 2l. John Nugent Fitch (1843–1927). Orchids New Zealand 15. (3):73
4. Moore, Frederic; Swinhoe, Charles (1882). Lepidoptera indica. Reeve., 10 volumes, (1890-1913)
5. Elliott, Brent (March 2010). "The Royal Horticultural Society and its orchids: a social history" (PDF). Occasional Papers from the RHS Lindley Library. 2: 3–53.

External links

• Works by or about John Nugent Fitch at the Internet Archive
• Orchid Chromolithographs
• Video on The Orchid Album Exhibit held at the Chicago Botanic Garden