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Elizabeth Blackwell
Cardiaca (Motherwart) /// Botanical Botany Female Artist Antique Flowers Print

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)
  • Medium:
  • Movement & Style:
  • Period:
    1750-1759
  • Condition:
  • Gallery Location:
    Saint Augustine, FL
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU1212947353
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