Fine Rare Prints

Curtis's Botanical Magazine

Hand colored antique print of flowers from the 1890s

From one of the most famous botanical journals

Pitcairn Bromeliad

Dyckia Desmetiana

Brazil

$65 - order #7958

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 from the 1790s, the 1850s and the 1890s. Look at the title box above the picture above for details of which edition this print is from.

Source

Curtis' Botanical Magazine

Print method

The prints from the 1850s and 1890s are hand colored lithographs on stiff paper. The prints from the 1790s are hand colored engravings.

Print on one side, blank on the reverse.

Condition

Good 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). If it is a double sized print it will say so in the text box above the picture above.

How to order

Please note the order number for this print which is shown at the top of the page. Then click on the Order button at the top or the Order link at the bottom of this page.