William Curtis Botanical Prints 1787-1826

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Stapelia Bufonis, Toad-Flowered CBM1676 $55	Cushioned Stapelia CBM1240 SOLD	Spotted-Flowered Stapelia CBM1833 $55


Great-Flowered Stapelia CBM585 $65	Gem-flowered Stapelia CBM1839 $65	Star-Fish Stapelia CBM536 SOLD


Bent-flowered Stapelia CBM1890 $65	Dingy-Flowered Stapelia CBM1234 $55	Long-Stalked Stapelia CBM793 SOLD


Netted-Flowered Stapelia CBM1662 $55	Variegated Stapelia CBM26 $55	Bell-shaped Stapelia CBM1661 $55


Bell-Flowered Stapelia CBM1227 $55	Freckled Stapelia CBM505 $55	Painted Stapelia CBM1169 $55


Upright Stapelia CBM2037 $55	Warty-Flowered Stapelia CBM786 $55	Revolute-Flowered Stapelia CBM724 $55


Twin-flowered Stapelia CBM1326 $55	Straddling Stapelia CBM1007 $55	Reclining Stapelia CBM1397 $55


Elegant Stapelia CBM1184 $55	Bearded Stapelia CBM2401 $55	Starry Stapelia CBM619 SOLD


Black-flowered Stapelia CBM1648 $55	Waved-leaved Brachystelma CBM3016 $55	Star-Flowered Melanthium CBM694 $55

William Curtis began publication of the Botanical Magazine in February 1787 and it continued almost without interruption for 160 years. The images were engraved and hand-coloured by many artists including Sydenham Edwards, William Graves, James Sowerby, John Curtis, William Jackson Hooker, W.H. Fitch, Matilda Smith, Lillian Snelling and Stella Rose Craig. The plates are known for their fine detail and delicate hand coloring. The prints are all copper engravings to Volume 70, then continue with stone or zinc lithography until the introduction of color printing in 1948. It is the longest-running botanical magazine and was entirely hand colored until 1948. Even now, after all this time of living with Curtis prints, we are still left in awe by their beauty. Each single measures approximately 5 1/2 inches wide by 9 inches long. Prints are accompanied by the relevant original descriptive text.

Curtis Botanical Magazine Stapelia Cactus Prints 1787-1826

Curtis Botanical Magazine Prints 1787-1826