Benjamin Fawcett

Ferns - Lomaria Discolor, antique fern botanical colour woodblock print

1867

Chromolithographed illustration of a pair of Ballet Slippers, printed with gold and silver inks. [Published by David Douglas, Edinburgh, 1900]. Plate...

A group of six chromolithographed illustrations of shoes, some printed with gold and silver inks. [Published: David Douglas, Edinburgh, 1900]. Plates taken from a scarce first edit...

Green shell lithograph of a cone shell. Print is edition 33 of 34. Signed and dated by the artist along with titled. Print is framed in a golden frame...

A group of four chromolithographed illustrations of shoes, some printed with gold and silver inks. [Published: David Douglas, Edinburgh, 1900]. Plates taken from a scarce first edi...

A group of six chromolithographed illustrations of shoes, some printed with gold and silver inks. [Published: David Douglas, Edinburgh, 1900]. Plates taken from a scarce first edit...

Exclusive limited edition cyanotype diptych. Details: + Title: Duo of Egyptian Palms + Year: 2024 + Edition Size: 20 + Medium: Cyanotype on Watercolor Paper...

This is an exclusive handprinted unique cyanotype that takes its inspiration from the mid-century modern shapes and the desert modernism movement. It's made by layering paper cutouts...

Six hand-coloured plates of Grapes, printed in colour and finished by hand. Framed and glazed, overall size: 42.5 by 57.5cm. Pomona Italiana Ossia Trattato Degli Alberi Fruttiferi...

A Group of 4 hand-coloured engraved plates of tulips, in matching silver leaf frames. Dimensions: 34.6cm by 48.5cm. A fine group of these rare flower plates, the complete volume of 40 being part of Le Jardin d'Eden, which was intended as the supplement to the Collection des Fleurs de la Chine & de l'Europe, first published in 1776. [Paris 1781] The second half of the eighteenth century saw a boom in natural history publications in France fuelled by such works as Buffon’s Histoire Naturelle. The accession of Louis XVI in 1774 was followed by a relaxation in the regulation of the book trade making it easier for authors to publish their own works. No other writer was to take such copious advantage of these two developments as Pierre-Joseph Buchoz (1731-1807), a French physician, lawyer and naturalist. His works are characterised by the beauty of the illustrations, and their rarity owing to the small size of the print runs. The final tulip plate...

POITEAU, A. and P. TURPIN. Traité des arbres fruitiers: A Group of six Pears. H. Perronneau for T. Delachausée, Paris, 1807-1835. A group of six stipple-engraved plates printed in c...