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Elizabeth BlackwellCardiaca (Motherwart) /// Botanical Botany Female Artist Antique Flowers PrintCirca: 1750
Circa: 1750
About the Item
Artist: Elizabeth Blackwell (Scottish, 1707-1758)
Title: "Cardiaca (Motherwart)" (Plate 171)
Portfolio: Herbarium Blackwellianum Emendatum et Auctum
Circa: 1750
Medium: Original Hand-Colored Engraving on wove paper
Limited edition: Unknown
Printer: Unknown
Publisher: Johann Joseph Fleischmann and Christian de Launoy, Nuremberg, Germany
Reference: Arnold Aboretum page 86; BLNH I, page 169; Cleveland 444; Great Flower Books 1990, page 75; Nissen BBI 169; Pritzel 812; Stafleu and Cowan 546; Wellcome II, page 174
Sheet size: 14" x 9"
Condition: In excellent condition
Rare
Notes:
Comes from Blackwell's six volume portfolio "Herbarium Blackwellianum Emendatum et Auctum" (c. 1750), which consists of 615 hand-colored engravings, (the expanded German edition). Edited by Christoph Trew (and others) and published for Nicolaus Friedrich Eisenberger.
Biography:
Elizabeth Blackwell (1707-1758) was a Scottish botanical illustrator and author who was best known as both the artist and engraver for the plates of "A Curious Herbal", published between 1737 and 1739. The book illustrated many odd-looking and unknown plants from the New World, and was designed as a reference work on medicinal plants for the use of physicians and apothecaries.
- Creator:Elizabeth Blackwell (1707 - 1758, British)
- Creation Year:Circa: 1750
- Dimensions:Height: 14 in (35.56 cm)Width: 9 in (22.86 cm)
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- Movement & Style:
- Period:1750-1759
- Condition:
- Gallery Location:Saint Augustine, FL
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU1212947353
Elizabeth Blackwell
Elizabeth Blackwell was a Scottish botanical illustrator and author who was best known as both, the artist and engraver for the plates of A Curious Herbal, published between 1737–39. The book illustrated many odd-looking and unknown plants from the New World and was designed as a reference work on medicinal plants, for the use of physicians and apothecaries.
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