Fine Rare Prints

Curtis's Botanical Magazine

Hand colored antique print of flowers from the 1890s

From one of the most famous botanical journals

Orchid

Epidendrum spondiadum, from Jamaica and Costa Rica

Sold - order #7437

Information

The Botanical Magazine (1787-1983) was one of the first, and certainly the longest published, of the British horticultural journals. Regardless of year, the plants were drawn, engraved and colored by some of the leading botanical artists of the day such as Sydenham Edwards, James Sowerby and the Fitch family. These botanical journals were in great demand in Victorian times, when the middle and upper classes had an apparently insatiable appetite for learning about and growing exotic plants.

Date

These prints are from editions ranging from 1850 to 1896.

Source

Curtis' Botanical Magazine

Print method

Hand colored lithographs on stiff paper. Print on one side, blank on the reverse.

Condition

Excellent condition. The colors are fresh and bright.

Size

9½ by 6 inches(24 cm by 15½ cm)
The double sized plates measure 12" by 9½" (31 cm by 24 cm).

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