Fine Rare Prints

David Wooster
Alpine Flowers

Antique print of Pentstemon Ovatum
$30 - order #1667

Information

David Wooster was a Fellow of the Royal Horticultural Society and Assistant Secretary to the Royal Commission on scientific instruction and advancement of science.

This print is from an interesting work by Wooster that was produced at a time when efforts were being made to restore to popular favour the beautiful, compact alpine flowers which are mostly natives of mountainous areas.

The colours in Wooster's prints have a soft, elegant, pastel like quality.

Date

1874

Source

Alpine Plants: figures and descriptions of some of the most striking and beautiful of The Alpine Flowers

Print method

Chromolithograph. Print on one side, blank on the reverse.

Condition

Very good condition. The colours are fresh and bright.
There is the odd spot of faint foxing on a few of the prints, for the most part they are exceptionally clean.

Size

10 by 6 ¾ inches (25.5 cm by 17 cm)

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