Discover antique botanical prints.
Botanical illustration has been an important art form for centuries. Illustrating plants' colour and detail is a beautiful blend of art and science.
Botanical illustration reached a peak of popularity in about 1600 to 1900. This was an exciting era of exploration and discovery. Crew members often included botanists, plant collectors and commercial gardeners. They wanted to bring new plants back to Europe to study, display and sell. For example, Sir Joseph Banks accompanied Captain Cook's first voyage in 1769.
Botanical prints were made to record discoveries and inform a wide audience about the plants.
Botanical art one is still of the most popular types of home decor.
Here are thousands of antique botanical prints for you to choose from.
24 x 15 cm (9.5 x 6 inches).Platyloma browniiAustralia This original antique lithograph was made in 1872 by Edward Joseph Lowe. The gorgeous coloring and elegant fern shapes help give his fern prints a style that will never date. This print is an authentic antique, not a reproduction. It is in excel..
US$50.00
24 x 15 cm (9.5 x 6 inches).Platyloma adiantoidesWest Indies This original antique lithograph was made in 1872 by Edward Joseph Lowe. The gorgeous coloring and elegant fern shapes help give his fern prints a style that will never date. This print is an authentic antique, not a reproduction. It is in..
US$50.00
40 x 24.5 cm (15.5 x 9.75 inches).Numer.Cap.XXIV.v.4.6. Aloe ad Aquas. (Numbers 24:5-6) Agave In The Water This antique copper plate engraving was made in 1731 for Scheuchzer's incredible Physica Sacra.It has hand painted water colouring embellished with metallic gold/silver paint. The engraving is ..
US$225.00
35 x 27.0 cm (14 x 10.5 inches).There is a central fold, as issued and shown in the picture.Zamia tonkinensisThis lithograph is from L'Illustration Horticole by Jean Jules Linden, one of the finest botanical periodicals first published in Belgium in 1854. It aimed educate people about the fascinatin..
US$195.00
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43.5 x 31 cm (17 x 12 inches)Calliandra grandifloraThis large floral lithograph is by Robert John Thornton he was an English physician and botanical writer. It was made in 1951 in England on cream coloured thick paper and is in excellent condition...
US$120.00
27.5 x 20.5cm (10.5 x 8 inches).Nepethes Morganae, Burkei, cylindrica and Hookeriana This is an antique chromolithograph which was made in the 1890s for a work by John Wright, a horticulturist and editor of the London Journal of Horticulture. He created fine works illustrating fruit, vegetables and ..
US$130.00
31 x 24 cm (12 x 9.5 inches).This is a photogravure from Karl Blossfeldt’s masterpiece Wunder In Der Natur (Wonder in Nature), 1942. Blossfeldt was a professor of design in Berlin and made the photogravures using a home made magnifying camera, revealing hidden beauty. In 2001 Urformen der Kunst was ..
US$90.00
38 x 28 cm (15 x 11 inches).T. Greigii Regel.This large 1930 vintage lithograph is by William Rickatson Dykes. William Dykes was an English amateur botanist who was Secretary of the Royal Horticultural Society and a fellow of the Linnean Society of London.His wife was Elsie Katherine Dykes. She was ..
US$45.00
26.5 x 19.0 cm (10.5 x 7.5 inches).Epidendrum venosumThis antique chromolithograph was made in 1878 and is from 'The Flowers and Ferns of the United States' by Thomas Meehan.Meehan was Professor of Vegetable Physiology for the Pennsylvania State Board of Agriculture. He was also the editor of The Ga..
US$65.00
29 x 22.5 cm (11.5 x 9 inches)The Greendale Oak in Sherwood Forest (home of Robin Hood) was known as the Methuselah of trees and considered the most remarkable tree in England. In 1724 an opening was made through the tree, capable of allowing a carriage, or three horsemen abreast, to pass through. I..
US$95.00
29 x 22.5 cm (11.5 x 9 inches)The Greendale Oak in Sherwood Forest (home of Robin Hood) was known as the Methuselah of trees and considered the most remarkable tree in England. In 1724 an opening was made through the tree, capable of allowing a carriage, or three horsemen abreast, to pass through. I..
US$95.00
32 x 19.5 cm (12.5 x 7.75 inches).Southern Asia - MalaccasThis original antique lithograph was made in the 1860s by Edmonston and Douglas in England and is from a set of prints, The Instructive Picture Book, created to educate children of wealthy families. They are some of the most attractive antiqu..
US$125.00
24 x 16cm (9.5 x 6.5 inches)Azalea indica vittata This beautiful lithograph with original hand coloring was made in 1851 and comes from Flore des Serres et des Jardins de l'Europe by Louis van Houtte, a famous nineteenth century Belgian horticulturalist. He employed plant collectors to bring back at..
US$75.00
24.5 x 14.5 cm (9.5 x 6 inches).French GuianaThis is an antique chromolithograph from Le Jardin Fleuriste which was published from 1851 to 1854 by Charles Antoine Lemaire (Professor of Botany), in an era of travel and exploration. Plants from around the world were being collected and bought back to ..
US$80.00
31 x 24 cm (12 x 9.5 inches).This is a photogravure from Karl Blossfeldt’s masterpiece Wunder In Der Natur (Wonder in Nature), 1942. Blossfeldt was a professor of design in Berlin and made the photogravures using a home made magnifying camera, revealing hidden beauty. In 2001 Urformen der Kunst was ..
US$90.00
32.5 x 24cm (12.75 x 6.5 inches)This beautiful lithograph with original hand coloring was made in 1854-1855 and comes from Flore des Serres et des Jardins de l'Europe by Louis van Houtte, a famous nineteenth century Belgian horticulturalist. He employed plant collectors to bring back attractive plan..
US$100.00
24 x 16cm (9.5 x 6.5 inches)Papaver croceum var. Flore PlenoThis beautiful lithograph with original hand coloring was made in 1854-1855 and comes from Flore des Serres et des Jardins de l'Europe by Louis van Houtte, a famous nineteenth century Belgian horticulturalist. He employed plant collectors t..
US$50.00
26 x 17.5 cm (10.5 x 7 inches)This lithograph is from L'Illustration Horticole by Jean Jules Linden, one of the finest botanical periodicals first published in Belgium in 1854. It aimed educate people about the fascinating plants being gathered from around the world and hopefully persuade them to bu..
US$60.00
24 x 14 cm (5.5 x 9.5 inches)Cistus villosusSouthern EuropeThis beautiful hand coloured engraving is from Robert Sweet's distinguished work on Rock Roses. It was published between 1825 and 1830 in London and depicts the prominent varieties that were available in England at the time. The illustration..
US$60.00
24 x 14 cm (5.5 x 9.5 inches)Cistus albidusThis beautiful hand coloured engraving is from Robert Sweet's distinguished work on Rock Roses. It was published between 1825 and 1830 in London and depicts the prominent varieties that were available in England at the time. The illustrations were by well k..
US$60.00
23.5 x 16.2 cm (9.25 x 6.4 inches)Camellia japonicaThis fascinating hand coloured botanical lithograph was made in Milan in 1847 by Ambrogio Robiati. Under each illustration is a detailed description in Italian in attractive Italic font.It is a genuine antique, not a reproduction and is in very good..
US$60.00
31 x 23 cm (12 x 9.25 inches).Hispid Marsh Mallow and Tree MallowThis is an antique hand colored lithograph of wild flowers by Jane Loudon (1807-1858). Mrs Loudon had a fascinating, accomplished and challenging life. She was a pioneering authoress of early science fiction and (together with her husb..
US$70.00
24 x 16cm (9.5 x 6.5 inches)Dona Maria RhododendronThis beautiful lithograph with original hand coloring was made in 1854-1855 and comes from Flore des Serres et des Jardins de l'Europe by Louis van Houtte, a famous nineteenth century Belgian horticulturalist. He employed plant collectors to bring b..
US$60.00
27.5 x 20.5cm (10.5 x 8 inches). This is an antique chromolithograph which was made in the 1890s for a work by John Wright, a horticulturist and editor of the London Journal of Horticulture. He created fine works illustrating fruit, vegetables and flowers, using excellent botanical artists such as M..
US$80.00
27.5 x 20.5cm (10.5 x 8 inches). This is an antique chromolithograph which was made in the 1890s for a work by John Wright, a horticulturist and editor of the London Journal of Horticulture. He created fine works illustrating fruit, vegetables and flowers, using excellent botanical artists such as M..
US$80.00
29.5 x 23 cm (11.55 x 9 inches)Oncidium LanceanumSurinamThis hand colored engraving was made in the 1830s by Sir Joseph Paxton, a hugely talented man. Paxton started as an assistant gardener with no education & rose to become the head gardener to the Duke of Devonshire. His design of the conservator..
US$95.00
22.5 x 15.5 cm (9 x 6 inches).Hibiscus lindleiBurma,MyanmarThis hand colored engraving was made in the 1830s by Sir Joseph Paxton, a hugely talented man. Paxton started as an assistant gardener with no education & rose to become the head gardener to the Duke of Devonshire. His design of the conserva..
US$95.00
28 x 21 cm (11 x 8.5 inches).Aerides crassifoliumPeru and ColombiaThis lithograph was made in the 1880s by Sir Joseph Paxton, a hugely talented man. Paxton started as an assistant gardener with no education & rose to become the head gardener to the Duke of Devonshire. His design of the conservatory ..
US$95.00
21 x 16 cm (8.25 x 6.25 inches)This antique copper plate engraving is by Pierre Pomet, a Paris apothecary.Pomet became chief druggist to King Louis XIV and a purveyor of medicinal remedies from distant lands.It was made in 1725 for Pomet's " A Compleat History of Drugges ". This was the most complet..
US$60.00
24.0 x 16.0 cm (9.5 x 6.3 inches).This is an original antique lithograph made in 1860 by Anne Pratt (1806-1893), a botanical illustrator from Kent, England, responsible for popularising botany. It is in very good condition. The colors are fresh and bright. The image is on one side of the paper and t..
US$50.00