While our images are electronically watermarked, the antique prints themselves are not.
Various-colored Lupine RSW12 $45 Sale Price: $35
Each print measures approximately 6
inches by 9
3/4
inches.
The years from 1760 to 1860 are considered the golden
age of botanical illustration and botanical magazine
publication. Robert Sweet (1783-1835) made significant
contributions during this period, when “tulipomania” and
the hunt for other glamorous and exotic species was a
national pastime in Europe. Financed by wealthy patrons,
many of whom were able to raise exotic species more
successfully due to improvements in greenhouse
construction, the publication of botanical works reached
its peak.
Robert Sweet was a gardener and nurseryman from Devon,
in the South of England, sometimes called the Riviera of
the British Isles. Through his work for wealthy
landowners, he became interested first in geraniums and
rock rose species and began publishing illustrated
botanical works. In 1812 he became a fellow of the
Linnaean Society. Many flower species were named for
him.
Botanical publications became his principal livelihood,
though he still cultivated plants for sale in his own
garden. His contribution was both notable and prolific,
including Geraniaceae in 1820, Cistineae in 1825, Flora
Australasica and The Florist’s Guide in 1827, and his
largest work with 712 illustrations, The British Flower
Garden, in 1838.
It is from the British Flower Garden that we offer this
beautiful selection of prints, much rarer than the
Curtis prints of the same time. Many of the
illustrations were by Edward Dalton Smith, whom Wilfrid
Blunt calls a "considerable artist of small-scale work",
who painted exquisite floral portraits in brilliant
color.
Fortunately, these treasures from the past have come to
us in remarkably fine condition, with wide margins and
strong plate marks on a heavy wove paper that is a soft
white. Each print measures approximately 6 inches wide
by 9 3/4 inches long and is accompanied by the relevant
descriptive text and a copy of the title page. The
original hand coloring of the prints is very clear and
vivid and each print is an impressionistic water color
of exceptional charm.
References include:
Great Flower Books 1700-1900, Sitwell
Wikepedia
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