Genuine antique prints of lilies. Antique prints of lilies were made as they were documented for science and identification, but were also made by commercial growers to advertise the lilies to customers. Some of the best botanical artists of the period were employed to help make these prints as is illustrated by the selection we have to offer.
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 ..
US$80.00
34.5 x 26.0 cm (13.5 x 10.5 inches).There is a central fold, as issued and shown in the picture.Crinum hildebrandtiThis 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 fas..
US$79.00
32.5 x 24cm (12.75 x 6.5 inches)Lilium superbumThis 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 ..
US$90.00
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32.5 x 24cm (12.75 x 6.5 inches)Nymphaea boucheanaThis 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 ba..
US$90.00
Nymphea micranthaGambia9.5 x 6 inches (24 x 15½ cm). 1850sThis original antique lithograph is from The Botanical Magazine by William Curtis. It was made in the 1890s, has original hand colouring and is in very good condition.The Botanical Magazine was one of the first British horticultural journals ..
US$80.00
28 x 21 cm (11 x 8.5 inches).Lilium loddigesianumRussiaThis 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 at Chatswor..
US$95.00
24 x 16cm (9.5 x 6.5 inches)Amaryllis belladonnaThis 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 attr..
US$50.00
32.5 x 24cm (12.75 x 6.5 inches)Canna liliiflora
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 ba..
US$90.00
24 x 16cm (9.5 x 6.5 inches)Trillium grandiflorum
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 b..
US$50.00
43 x 31 cm (13 x 9.5 inches).Amaryllis belladonnaThis large, vintage lithograph is by Georg Dionysius Ehret (1708-1770), one the greatest botanical artists of all time. His artworks are accurate and have the utmost clarity. Many of the great families of Europe competed for his services. Nowadays, hi..
US$90.00
24.5 x 14.5 cm (9.5 x 6 inches).This 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 Europe and ea..
US$60.00
43 x 31 cm (13 x 9.5 inches).Lilium superbumThis large, vintage lithograph is by Georg Dionysius Ehret (1708-1770), one the greatest botanical artists of all time. His artworks are accurate and have the utmost clarity. Many of the great families of Europe competed for his services. Nowadays, his ori..
US$90.00
23.5 x 16.2 cm (9.25 x 6.4 inches)This 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. This is a genuine antique, not a reproduction and is in very good condition. Th..
US$60.00
26 x 17.5 cm (10.5 x 7.0 inches).Amaryllis 'le triomphe'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 ho..
US$59.00
26 x 17.5 cm (10.5 x 7.0 inches).Hippeastrum MuesserianumThis 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 h..
US$59.00
24 x 16cm (9.5 x 6.5 inches)Pancratium amancaesThis 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 attra..
US$50.00
24 x 32cm (9.5 x 12.75 inches)Tigridia pavonia var speciosaThis 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 brin..
US$50.00
43.5 x 31 cm (17 x 12 inches)Lilium superbumThis 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. © Fine Rare Prints..
US$120.00
43.5 x 31 cm (17 x 12 inches)Lilium candidumThis 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. © Fine Rare Prints..
US$120.00
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 ..
US$80.00
27 x 17.7 cm (10.6 x 7 inches)BrazilThis 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..
US$79.00
31.7 x 23.5 cm (12.5 x 9.2 inches). Lilium grayi This antique chromolithograph was made in 1903 for William Robinson, an Irish gardener and journalist whose ideas about wild gardening spurred the movement that led to the popularising of the English cottage garden. It's an original antique which is..
US$65.00
24 x 16cm (9.5 x 6.5 inches)Hypoxis stellataThis 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 att..
US$60.00
43.5 x 31 cm (17 x 12 inches)Dracunculus vulgarisThis 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. © Fine Rare Prints..
US$120.00
27 x 17.7 cm (10.6 x 7 inches)BrazilThis 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..
US$79.00
31 x 23 cm (12 x 9.25 inches).This 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 husband) a leading horticulturalist of ..
US$100.00
22.5 x 15.5 cm (9 x 6 inches).Amaryllis formosissimaSouth AmericaThis 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 co..
US$95.00
23 x 14 cm (9.5 x 5.5 inches).Canna glaucaThis antique botanical print is from James Edward Smith's work "Exotic Botany" and was made in 1806. The engravings were based on drawings by a renowned illustrator of natural history works about botany, conchology and fossils. He also wrote a book on color..
US$40.00
35 x 25.5 cm (13.5 x 10 inches).South AfricaThis is a fold out print so has a discreet centrefold, in the same manner as large antique maps. This beautiful, large print was published in Horto Van Houtteano a lavish Belgian periodical founded by Louis van Houtte. He was the proprietor of the largest ..
US$60.00
26.5 x 19.0 cm (10.5 x 7.5 inches).Iris versicolorThis 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 Garde..
US$45.00