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Moneywort, Lysimachia nummularia. Handcoloured botanical drawn and engraved by Pierre Bulliard from his own "Flora Parisiensi...
Moneywort, Lysimachia nummularia. Handcoloured botanical drawn and engraved by Pierre Bulliard from his own "Flora Parisiensis," 1776, Paris, P.F. Didot. Pierre Bulliard (1752-1793) was a famous French botanist who pioneered the three-colour-plate printing technique. His introduction to the flowers of Paris included 640 plants.
Water chickweed, Cerastium aquaticum. Handcoloured botanical drawn and engraved by Pierre Bulliard from his own "Flora Parisi...
Water chickweed, Cerastium aquaticum. Handcoloured botanical drawn and engraved by Pierre Bulliard from his own "Flora Parisiensis," 1776, Paris, P. F. Didot. Pierre Bulliard (1752-1793) was a famous French botanist who pioneered the three-colour-plate printing technique. His introduction to the flowers of Paris included 640 plants.
Christmas inspired image of roses, pink diamonds and stars forming a border around a pink background
Tassel hyacinth, Muscari comosum. Handcoloured botanical drawn and engraved by Pierre Bulliard from his own "Flora Parisiensi...
Tassel hyacinth, Muscari comosum. Handcoloured botanical drawn and engraved by Pierre Bulliard from his own "Flora Parisiensis," 1776, Paris, P. F. Didot. Pierre Bulliard (1752-1793) was a famous French botanist who pioneered the three-colour-plate printing technique. His introduction to the flowers of Paris included 640 plants.
Hare's ear, Bupleurum rotundifolium junceum. Handcoloured botanical drawn and engraved by Pierre Bulliard from his own "Flora...
Hare's ear, Bupleurum rotundifolium junceum. Handcoloured botanical drawn and engraved by Pierre Bulliard from his own "Flora Parisiensis," 1776, Paris, P. F. Didot. Pierre Bulliard (1752-1793) was a famous French botanist who pioneered the three-colour-plate printing technique. His introduction to the flowers of Paris included 640 plants.
Fool's parsley, Aethusa cynapium. Handcoloured botanical drawn and engraved by Pierre Bulliard from his own "Flora Parisiensi...
Fool's parsley, Aethusa cynapium. Handcoloured botanical drawn and engraved by Pierre Bulliard from his own "Flora Parisiensis," 1776, Paris, P. F. Didot. Pierre Bulliard (1752-1793) was a famous French botanist who pioneered the three-colour-plate printing technique. His introduction to the flowers of Paris included 640 plants.
Garden nasturtium, Tropaeolum majus. Handcoloured botanical drawn and engraved by Pierre Bulliard from his own "Flora Parisie...
Garden nasturtium, Tropaeolum majus. Handcoloured botanical drawn and engraved by Pierre Bulliard from his own "Flora Parisiensis," 1776, Paris, P. F. Didot. Pierre Bulliard (1752-1793) was a famous French botanist who pioneered the three-colour-plate printing technique. His introduction to the flowers of Paris included 640 plants.
European Venus' looking glass, Legousia speculum-veneris. Handcoloured botanical drawn and engraved by Pierre Bulliard from h...
European Venus' looking glass, Legousia speculum-veneris. Handcoloured botanical drawn and engraved by Pierre Bulliard from his own "Flora Parisiensis," 1776, Paris, P.F. Didot. Pierre Bulliard (1752-1793) was a famous French botanist who pioneered the three-colour-plate printing technique. His introduction to the flowers of Paris included 640 plants.
Pink tiger print heart with roses and sparking pink diamonds on a pink tiger print background
Sea-shore lupin, Lupinus littoralis. Illustration by Dr. Greville, engraved by Swan. Handcolored copperplate engraving from W...
Sea-shore lupin, Lupinus littoralis. Illustration by Dr. Greville, engraved by Swan. Handcolored copperplate engraving from William Curtis's "The Botanical Magazine," Samuel Curtis, 1829. Hooker (1785-1865) was an English botanist, writer and artist. He was Regius Professor of Botany at Glasgow University, and editor of Curtis' "Botanical Magazine" from 1827 to 1865. In 1841, he was appointed director of the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew, and was succeeded by his son Joseph Dalton. Hooker documen
Poppy varieties, Papaver species. Handcoloured woodblock print from Konan Tanigami's "Seiyou Sokazufu" (Pictorial Album of We...
Poppy varieties, Papaver species. Handcoloured woodblock print from Konan Tanigami's "Seiyou Sokazufu" (Pictorial Album of Western Plants and Flowers: Spring), Unsodo, Kyoto, 1917. Tanigami (1879-1928) depicted 125 varieties of garden plants through the four seasons.
Varieties of picotees or fringed carnations, salmon-pink with black lines, and lilac blue. . . Dianthus caryophyllus. . Illus...
Varieties of picotees or fringed carnations, salmon-pink with black lines, and lilac blue. . . Dianthus caryophyllus. . Illustration by WJ Hooker, engraved by Swan. Handcolored copperplate engraving from William Curtis's "The Botanical Magazine" 1827.. . William Jackson Hooker (1785-1865) was an English botanist, writer and artist. He was Regius Professor of Botany at Glasgow University, and editor of Curtis' "Botanical Magazine" from 1827 to 1865. In 1841, he was appointed director of the Royal
White flowered coriander, Coriandrum sativum. Handcolored copperplate engraving from a botanical illustration by James Sowerb...
White flowered coriander, Coriandrum sativum. Handcolored copperplate engraving from a botanical illustration by James Sowerby from William Woodville and Sir William Jackson Hooker's "Medical Botany" 1832. The tireless Sowerby (1757-1822) drew over 2,500 plants for Smith's mammoth "English Botany" (1790-1814) and 440 mushrooms for "Coloured Figures of English Fungi " (1797) among many other works.
Water hyacinth, Eichhornia crassipes, and busy lizzy, Impatiens walleriana. Handcoloured woodblock print from Konan Tanigami'...
Water hyacinth, Eichhornia crassipes, and busy lizzy, Impatiens walleriana. Handcoloured woodblock print from Konan Tanigami's "Seiyou Sokazufu" (Pictorial Album of Western Plants and Flowers: Summer), Unsodo, Kyoto, 1917. Tanigami (1879-1928) depicted 125 varieties of garden plants through the four seasons.
Perennial knawel, Scleranthus perennis. Handcoloured botanical drawn and engraved by Pierre Bulliard from his own "Flora Pari...
Perennial knawel, Scleranthus perennis. Handcoloured botanical drawn and engraved by Pierre Bulliard from his own "Flora Parisiensis," 1776, Paris, P. F. Didot. Pierre Bulliard (1752-1793) was a famous French botanist who pioneered the three-colour-plate printing technique. His introduction to the flowers of Paris included 640 plants.
Oak-leaved goosefoot, Chenopodium glaucum. Handcoloured botanical drawn and engraved by Pierre Bulliard from his own "Flora P...
Oak-leaved goosefoot, Chenopodium glaucum. Handcoloured botanical drawn and engraved by Pierre Bulliard from his own "Flora Parisiensis," 1776, Paris, P. F. Didot. Pierre Bulliard (1752-1793) was a famous French botanist who pioneered the three-colour-plate printing technique. His introduction to the flowers of Paris included 640 plants.
Yellow mountain saxifrage, Saxifraga aizoides. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from a drawing by James Sowerby for Smith's...
Yellow mountain saxifrage, Saxifraga aizoides. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from a drawing by James Sowerby for Smith's "English Botany," London, 1791. Sowerby was a tireless illustrator of natural history books and illustrated books on botany, mycology, conchology and geology.
Ripe fruit and leaves of the Washington plum, Prunus species. Hand-colored illustration by Edwin Dalton Smith engraved by Wat...
Ripe fruit and leaves of the Washington plum, Prunus species. Hand-colored illustration by Edwin Dalton Smith engraved by Watts from Charles McIntosh's "Flora and Pomona" 1829. McIntosh (1794-1864) was a Scottish gardener to European aristocracy and royalty, and author of many book on gardening. E.D. Smith was a botanical artist who drew for Robert Sweet, Benjamin Maund, etc.
The climbing plant Ceropegia candelabrum takes its name from its elaborate flowers that look like candlesticks. Noted for its...
The climbing plant Ceropegia candelabrum takes its name from its elaborate flowers that look like candlesticks. Noted for its poisonous seeds and latex which are used in medicine. . . Handcolored copperplate engraving by Majoli from John Hill's "Decade of Curious and Elegant Trees and Plants" (1786). It had first been published in London in 1773. The new edition had 10 hand-coloured botanical plates by P. Maioli (Majoli) engraved by Giuseppe Bianchi and depicted unusual plants such as carnivorou
Bunch of grapes and vine leaf of the Black Hamburg grape, Vitis vinifera.. Hand-colored illustration by E.D. Smith engraved b...
Bunch of grapes and vine leaf of the Black Hamburg grape, Vitis vinifera.. Hand-colored illustration by E.D. Smith engraved by Watts from Charles McIntosh's "Flora and Pomona" 1829. McIntosh (1794-1864) was a Scottish gardener to European aristocracy and royalty, and author of many book on gardening. E.D. Smith was a botanical artist who drew for Robert Sweet, Benjamin Maund, etc.
Bucks-horn lobelia, Lobelia coronopifolia, with indigo flowers and blue foliage.. Illustration by Henrietta Moriarty from "Fi...
Bucks-horn lobelia, Lobelia coronopifolia, with indigo flowers and blue foliage.. Illustration by Henrietta Moriarty from "Fifty Plates of Greenhouse Plants" (1807), a re-issue of her own "Viridarium" (1806), with handcoloured copperplate engravings. Moriarty was a colonel's widow who turned to writing novels and illustrating botanical books to support her four children.
Green spurge, Euphorbia esula. Handcoloured botanical drawn and engraved by Pierre Bulliard from his own "Flora Parisiensis,"...
Green spurge, Euphorbia esula. Handcoloured botanical drawn and engraved by Pierre Bulliard from his own "Flora Parisiensis," 1776, Paris, P. F. Didot. Pierre Bulliard (1752-1793) was a famous French botanist who pioneered the three-colour-plate printing technique. His introduction to the flowers of Paris included 640 plants.
Red ripe fruit and leaves of Kirke's Scarlet Nonpareil Apple, Malus domestica. Hand-colored illustration by Edwin Dalton Smit...
Red ripe fruit and leaves of Kirke's Scarlet Nonpareil Apple, Malus domestica. Hand-colored illustration by Edwin Dalton Smith engraved by F.W. Smith from Charles McIntosh's "Flora and Pomona" 1829. McIntosh (1794-1864) was a Scottish gardener to European aristocracy and royalty, and author of many book on gardening. E.D. Smith was a botanical artist who drew for Robert Sweet, Benjamin Maund, etc.
Botanical illustration of a snowdrop, Galanthus nivalis. Lithograph by Verneuil with pochoir (stencil) handcoloring from Euge...
Botanical illustration of a snowdrop, Galanthus nivalis. Lithograph by Verneuil with pochoir (stencil) handcoloring from Eugene Grasset's “Plants and their Application to Ornament,” Paris, 1897. Grasset (1841-1917) was a Swiss artist whose innovative designs inspired the “art nouveau” movement at the end of the 19th century.
Hairy oval-leaved or kidney saxifrage, Saxifraga hirsuta. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from a drawing by James Sowerby ...
Hairy oval-leaved or kidney saxifrage, Saxifraga hirsuta. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from a drawing by James Sowerby for Smith's "English Botany," London, 1811. Sowerby was a tireless illustrator of natural history books and illustrated books on botany, mycology, conchology and geology.
Lesser water plantain, Alisma ranunculoides. Handcoloured botanical drawn and engraved by Pierre Bulliard from his own "Flora...
Lesser water plantain, Alisma ranunculoides. Handcoloured botanical drawn and engraved by Pierre Bulliard from his own "Flora Parisiensis," 1776, Paris, P. F. Didot. Pierre Bulliard (1752-1793) was a famous French botanist who pioneered the three-colour-plate printing technique. His introduction to the flowers of Paris included 640 plants.
Crown imperial flower, Fritillaria imperialis, in wallpaper and fabric patterns, and as design for a steel art object. Lithog...
Crown imperial flower, Fritillaria imperialis, in wallpaper and fabric patterns, and as design for a steel art object. Lithograph by J. Milesi with pochoir (stencil) handcoloring from Eugene Grasset's “Plants and their Application to Ornament,” Paris, 1897. Grasset (1841-1917) was a Swiss artist whose innovative designs inspired the “art nouveau” movement at the end of the 19th century.
True forget-me-not, Myosotis scorpioides palustris. Handcoloured botanical drawn and engraved by Pierre Bulliard from his own...
True forget-me-not, Myosotis scorpioides palustris. Handcoloured botanical drawn and engraved by Pierre Bulliard from his own "Flora Parisiensis," 1776, Paris, P.F. Didot. Pierre Bulliard (1752-1793) was a famous French botanist who pioneered the three-colour-plate printing technique. His introduction to the flowers of Paris included 640 plants.
Pear, Pyrus communis. Handcoloured botanical drawn and engraved by Pierre Bulliard from his own "Flora Parisiensis," 1776, Pa...
Pear, Pyrus communis. Handcoloured botanical drawn and engraved by Pierre Bulliard from his own "Flora Parisiensis," 1776, Paris, P. F. Didot. Pierre Bulliard (1752-1793) was a famous French botanist who pioneered the three-colour-plate printing technique. His introduction to the flowers of Paris included 640 plants.
Long-stalked sisyrinchium, Solenomelus pedunculatus or Sisyrinchium pedunculatum. Illustration by R. K. Greville, engraved by...
Long-stalked sisyrinchium, Solenomelus pedunculatus or Sisyrinchium pedunculatum. Illustration by R. K. Greville, engraved by Swan. Handcolored copperplate engraving from William Curtis's "The Botanical Magazine," Samuel Curtis, 1830. Hooker (1785-1865) was an English botanist, writer and artist. He was Regius Professor of Botany at Glasgow University, and editor of Curtis' "Botanical Magazine" from 1827 to 1865. In 1841, he was appointed director of the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew, and was suc
Autumnal squill, Scilla autumnalis. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from a drawing by James Sowerby for Smith's "English B...
Autumnal squill, Scilla autumnalis. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from a drawing by James Sowerby for Smith's "English Botany," London, 1792. Sowerby was a tireless illustrator of natural history books and illustrated books on botany, mycology, conchology and geology.
Pink and orange cattleya orchid. Cattleya eldorado splendens Lind.. Illustration and lithograph by L. Stroobant of Ghent, fro...
Pink and orange cattleya orchid. Cattleya eldorado splendens Lind.. Illustration and lithograph by L. Stroobant of Ghent, from Jean Linden's "L'Illustration Horticole" 1880s.
Black nightshade, Solanum nigrum. Handcoloured botanical drawn and engraved by Pierre Bulliard from his own "Flora Parisiensi...
Black nightshade, Solanum nigrum. Handcoloured botanical drawn and engraved by Pierre Bulliard from his own "Flora Parisiensis," 1776, Paris, P.F. Didot. Pierre Bulliard (1752-1793) was a famous French botanist who pioneered the three-colour-plate printing technique. His introduction to the flowers of Paris included 640 plants.
Ibuki & Nichinichi So (Cypress and Lochnera Rosea) in a suspended Boat Shaped Bamboo Vase, Ikebana
Close-up of vintage fabric with red blue and gold flowers and swirls printed on polyester.
Snowdrop, Galanthus nivalis, as design motif in wallpaper, borders and fabrics. Lithograph by J. Milesi with pochoir (stencil...
Snowdrop, Galanthus nivalis, as design motif in wallpaper, borders and fabrics. Lithograph by J. Milesi with pochoir (stencil) handcoloring from Eugene Grasset's “Plants and their Application to Ornament,” Paris, 1897. Grasset (1841-1917) was a Swiss artist whose innovative designs inspired the “art nouveau” movement at the end of the 19th century.
Common fritillary, Fritillaria meleagris. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from a drawing by James Sowerby for Smith's "Eng...
Common fritillary, Fritillaria meleagris. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from a drawing by James Sowerby for Smith's "English Botany," London, 1799. Sowerby was a tireless illustrator of natural history books and illustrated books on botany, mycology, conchology and geology.
Broad-leaved ludovia, Ludovia latifolia or Asplundia latifolia. Illustration drawn by William Jackson Hooker, engraved by Swa...
Broad-leaved ludovia, Ludovia latifolia or Asplundia latifolia. Illustration drawn by William Jackson Hooker, engraved by Swan. Handcolored copperplate engraving from William Curtis's "The Botanical Magazine," Samuel Curtis, 1829. Hooker (1785-1865) was an English botanist, writer and artist. He was Regius Professor of Botany at Glasgow University, and editor of Curtis' "Botanical Magazine" from 1827 to 1865. In 1841, he was appointed director of the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew, and was succeed
Partridge-breast aloe, Aloe variegata, succulent plant with tall stalk bearing pink and scarlet drooping flowers, and four tr...
Partridge-breast aloe, Aloe variegata, succulent plant with tall stalk bearing pink and scarlet drooping flowers, and four triangular dark and light green, variegated leaves at the base.. Illustration by Henrietta Moriarty from "Fifty Plates of Greenhouse Plants" (1807), a re-issue of her own "Viridarium" (1806), with handcoloured copperplate engravings. Moriarty was a colonel's widow who turned to writing novels and illustrating botanical books to support her four children.
Tulipa stellata. . Stellated East Indian tulip with white flowers, showing bulb, stamen and pistil details.. . Illustration b...
Tulipa stellata. . Stellated East Indian tulip with white flowers, showing bulb, stamen and pistil details.. . Illustration by WJ Hooker, engraved by Swan. Handcolored copperplate engraving from William Curtis's "The Botanical Magazine" 1827.. . William Jackson Hooker (1785-1865) was an English botanist, writer and artist. He was Regius Professor of Botany at Glasgow University, and editor of Curtis' "Botanical Magazine" from 1827 to 1865. In 1841, he was appointed director of the Royal Botanic
Rival banksia or Wallum banksia. Banksia aemula (Banksia serrata). llustration by C. Curtis (Samuel's daughter?), engraved by...
Rival banksia or Wallum banksia. Banksia aemula (Banksia serrata). llustration by C. Curtis (Samuel's daughter?), engraved by Weddell. Handcolored copperplate engraving from Samuel Curtis's "The Curtis Botanical Magazine" 1826.. . Samuel Curtis, cousin and son-in-law to William Curtis, took over the Botanical Magazine in 1826. Samuel re-named it "The Curtis Botanical Magazine" and enlisted the help of William Jackson Hooker, Professor of Botany at Glasgow University. Samuel Curtis' daughters dre
Deep velvety crimson rose also known as "The Fair Sultana" or "La Belle Sultane" (Rosa gallica maheka).. Le Maheka à fleurs s...
Deep velvety crimson rose also known as "The Fair Sultana" or "La Belle Sultane" (Rosa gallica maheka).. Le Maheka à fleurs simples. Origina unknown, introduced to France from Dutch nurseries circa 1794.. Hand-colored, octavo-size stipple copperplate engraving from Pierre Joseph Redoute's "Les Roses" 1828.
Large white peony flower (underside) with green stem and dark green leaves. Paeonia albiflora. Shakuyaku. . Colour-printed wo...
Large white peony flower (underside) with green stem and dark green leaves. Paeonia albiflora. Shakuyaku. . Colour-printed woodblock engraving by Kan'en Iwasaki from "Honzo Zufu," an Illustrated Guide to Medicinal Plants, 1884. Iwasaki (1786-1842) was a Japanese botanist, entomologist and zoologist. He was one of the first Japanese botanists to incorporate western knowledge into his studies.
Dress of the reign of George III, 1760~1820. Woman in feathered headdress, gown of purple silk with lace sleeves, large hoope...
Dress of the reign of George III, 1760~1820. Woman in feathered headdress, gown of purple silk with lace sleeves, large hooped petticoats with bunches of flowers. Wardrobes preserved of the court of Queen Charlotte. Prints and recollections of the style, and the panier hoop still in the possession of a lady. Handcoloured lithograph from "Costumes of British Ladies from the Time of William the First to the Reign of Queen Victoria,” London, Dickinson & Son, 1840. 48 mounted plates of women's fashi
DUQUESA DE ABRANTES - 1816. Author: GOYA, FRANCISCO DE. Location: PRIVATE COLLECTION, MADRID, SPAIN.
Laelia speciosa, Mayflower orchid. Handcoloured woodblock print from Konan Tanigami's "Seiyou Sokazufu" (Pictorial Album of W...
Laelia speciosa, Mayflower orchid. Handcoloured woodblock print from Konan Tanigami's "Seiyou Sokazufu" (Pictorial Album of Western Plants and Flowers: Autumn Winter), Unsodo, Kyoto, 1917. Tanigami (1879-1928) depicted 125 varieties of garden plants through the four seasons.
Fringed gentian with blue, lilac and white flowers, fringed petals. Gentiana crinita. Illustration by Clarissa Badger, nee Mu...
Fringed gentian with blue, lilac and white flowers, fringed petals. Gentiana crinita. Illustration by Clarissa Badger, nee Munger, from "Wild Flowers, Drawn and Colored from Nature," New York, 1859. . Clarissa Munger (1806-1889) was born into an artistic family in East Guilford, Connecticut. Her father George was an engraver and miniaturist, and her sister Caroline painted portraits. Clarissa married the Rev. Milton Badger in 1828, and in 1848 published "Forget Me Not" with original watercolors,
Roots, reeds and flowers of nutgrass galingale, Cyperus amuricus Max. . Colour-printed woodblock engraving by Kan'en Iwasaki ...
Roots, reeds and flowers of nutgrass galingale, Cyperus amuricus Max. . Colour-printed woodblock engraving by Kan'en Iwasaki from "Honzo Zufu," an Illustrated Guide to Medicinal Plants, 1884. Iwasaki (1786-1842) was a Japanese botanist, entomologist and zoologist. He was one of the first Japanese botanists to incorporate western knowledge into his studies.
34 year old blond woman in a long flower print dress holding a parasol reclining on a tree in small creek looking at the came...
34 year old blond woman in a long flower print dress holding a parasol reclining on a tree in small creek looking at the camera
Annual mercury, Mercurialis annua. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from a drawing by James Sowerby for Smith's "English Bo...
Annual mercury, Mercurialis annua. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from a drawing by James Sowerby for Smith's "English Botany," London, 1799. Sowerby was a tireless illustrator of natural history books and illustrated books on botany, mycology, conchology and geology.
Witheringia montana or solanum montanum. . Mountain potato. . Illustration by WJ Hooker, engraved by Swan. Handcolored copper...
Witheringia montana or solanum montanum. . Mountain potato. . Illustration by WJ Hooker, engraved by Swan. Handcolored copperplate engraving from William Curtis's "The Botanical Magazine" 1827.. . William Jackson Hooker (1785-1865) was an English botanist, writer and artist. He was Regius Professor of Botany at Glasgow University, and editor of Curtis' "Botanical Magazine" from 1827 to 1865. In 1841, he was appointed director of the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew, and was succeeded by his son Jose
White-flowered Cinnamon tree with purple drupe, Laurus cinnamomum. Handcolored copperplate engraving from a botanical illustr...
White-flowered Cinnamon tree with purple drupe, Laurus cinnamomum. Handcolored copperplate engraving from a botanical illustration by James Sowerby from William Woodville and Sir William Jackson Hooker's "Medical Botany" 1832. The tireless Sowerby (1757-1822) drew over 2,500 plants for Smith's mammoth "English Botany" (1790-1814) and 440 mushrooms for "Coloured Figures of English Fungi " (1797) among many other works.
A gold engraved paten. The centre with a roundel containing the figure of Christ bordered by a narrow band of quatrofoils, su...
A gold engraved paten. The centre with a roundel containing the figure of Christ bordered by a narrow band of quatrofoils, surrounded by fourteen cherubim. Probably Greek Orthodox, late 17th/early 18th century, 10.2cm across.
LIVING ROOM - Log house, Native American rugs. Wicker furniture. Pine tables, natural wicker chairs, quilt, large floral arra...
LIVING ROOM - Log house, Native American rugs. Wicker furniture. Pine tables, natural wicker chairs, quilt, large floral arrangement of tulips and forsythia, books, alcove of windows, beams, Palladian window above, cabin style, rustic
Purple flowered hyssop, Hyssopus officinalis. Handcolored copperplate engraving from a botanical illustration by James Sowerb...
Purple flowered hyssop, Hyssopus officinalis. Handcolored copperplate engraving from a botanical illustration by James Sowerby from William Woodville and Sir William Jackson Hooker's "Medical Botany" 1832. The tireless Sowerby (1757-1822) drew over 2,500 plants for Smith's mammoth "English Botany" (1790-1814) and 440 mushrooms for "Coloured Figures of English Fungi " (1797) among many other works.
Wallpepper, Sedum acre. Handcoloured botanical drawn and engraved by Pierre Bulliard from his own "Flora Parisiensis," 1776, ...
Wallpepper, Sedum acre. Handcoloured botanical drawn and engraved by Pierre Bulliard from his own "Flora Parisiensis," 1776, Paris, P. F. Didot. Pierre Bulliard (1752-1793) was a famous French botanist who pioneered the three-colour-plate printing technique. His introduction to the flowers of Paris included 640 plants.
Scarlet renanthera, Renanthera coccinea. Illustration drawn by William Jackson Hooker, engraved by Swan. Handcolored copperpl...
Scarlet renanthera, Renanthera coccinea. Illustration drawn by William Jackson Hooker, engraved by Swan. Handcolored copperplate engraving from William Curtis's "The Botanical Magazine," Samuel Curtis, 1830. Hooker (1785-1865) was an English botanist, writer and artist. He was Regius Professor of Botany at Glasgow University, and editor of Curtis' "Botanical Magazine" from 1827 to 1865. In 1841, he was appointed director of the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew, and was succeeded by his son Joseph Da
White flowers and leaves of cardamom, Elettaria cardamomum Maton. (Byakuzuku). Colour-printed woodblock engraving by Kan'en I...
White flowers and leaves of cardamom, Elettaria cardamomum Maton. (Byakuzuku). Colour-printed woodblock engraving by Kan'en Iwasaki from "Honzo Zufu," an Illustrated Guide to Medicinal Plants, 1884. Iwasaki (1786-1842) was a Japanese botanist, entomologist and zoologist. He was one of the first Japanese botanists to incorporate western knowledge into his studies.
Tormentil, Potentilla erecta. Handcoloured botanical drawn and engraved by Pierre Bulliard from his own "Flora Parisiensis," ...
Tormentil, Potentilla erecta. Handcoloured botanical drawn and engraved by Pierre Bulliard from his own "Flora Parisiensis," 1776, Paris, P. F. Didot. Pierre Bulliard (1752-1793) was a famous French botanist who pioneered the three-colour-plate printing technique. His introduction to the flowers of Paris included 640 plants.
Field madder, Sherardia arvensis. Handcoloured botanical drawn and engraved by Pierre Bulliard from his own "Flora Parisiensi...
Field madder, Sherardia arvensis. Handcoloured botanical drawn and engraved by Pierre Bulliard from his own "Flora Parisiensis," 1776, Paris, P.F. Didot. Pierre Bulliard (1752-1793 was a famous French botanist who pioneered the three-colour-plate printing technique. His introduction to the flowers of Paris included 640 plants.
Two Tahitian women. Two Tahitian women walk along a shallow stream, wearing floral print 'pareus' (sarongs) and flowers. Tahi...
Two Tahitian women. Two Tahitian women walk along a shallow stream, wearing floral print 'pareus' (sarongs) and flowers. Tahiti, French Polynesia, 1965., Windward Islands (including Tahiti), French Polynesia, Pacific Ocean, Oceania.
Flax, Linum usitatissimum. Handcoloured botanical drawn and engraved by Pierre Bulliard from his own "Flora Parisiensis," 177...
Flax, Linum usitatissimum. Handcoloured botanical drawn and engraved by Pierre Bulliard from his own "Flora Parisiensis," 1776, Paris, P. F. Didot. Pierre Bulliard (1752-1793) was a famous French botanist who pioneered the three-colour-plate printing technique. His introduction to the flowers of Paris included 640 plants.
Seattle, Washington, USA. Other common names: American sweet gum, sap gum or liquid amber. Occur abundantly in Southern state...
Seattle, Washington, USA. Other common names: American sweet gum, sap gum or liquid amber. Occur abundantly in Southern states and the Eastern half of the USA. Wood is renowned for its attractive grain and gum is used for storax in tobacco curing.
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