Sixteen flower paintings Probably Calcutta, circa 1830-40 (16)

Sixteen flower paintings
Probably Calcutta, circa 1830-40
watercolours on watermarked paper, pencil inscriptions in nagari script with English transliterations, one with Persian inscriptions, 14 framed; two with the flowers neatly cut out and laid down on paper, nagari and English inscriptions in ink, unframed
245 x 195 mm.; unframed paintings 290 x 227 mm.(16)
Provenance
Private UK collection.

The paintings with more readily legible and identifiable inscriptions consist of Gloriosa superba, 'nurges of China', and a Nepalese variety. The watermarks are indistinct, but some appear to be Whatman.