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]