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William RoscoeSet of Two Hand-Colored Lithographs from Roscoe's "Monandrian Plants" /// Botany1824-1828
1824-1828
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Artist: William Roscoe (English, 1753-1831)
Titles: "Hedychium Glaucum" and "Zingiber Elatum"
Portfolio: Monandrian Plants of the order Scitamineae, Chiefly Drawn from Living Specimens in the Botanic Garden at Liverpool
Year: 1824-1828 (First edition)
Medium: Set of Two Original Hand-Colored Lithographs on watermarked wove paper
Limited edition: 150
Printer: George Smith, Liverpool, UK
Publisher: William Roscoe, Liverpool, UK
Reference: "Great Flower Books" page 133; Nissen BBI No. 1677; Stafleu/Cowan No. 9505; Johnston No. 948; Dunthorne No. 267
Sheet size (each): approx. 21.25" x 16.38"
Image size (each): approx. 15.38" x 12.38"
Condition: "Hedychium Glaucum" has light toning and offsetting to its sheet. Some light small areas of discoloration and a soft crease lower left in margin. It is otherwise in good condition. "Zingiber Elatum" is in excellent condition. Have been professionally stored away for decades. Strong colors and full margins
Extremely rare
Notes:
Lithography by English artist Charles Joseph Hullmandel (1789-1850) and hand-coloring by English artist George Graves, Jr. (1754-1839) after drawings by English artists Thomas Allport (1804-1879), Rebecca Miller (Active: Early 19th Century), Margaret Roscoe (1787-1840), Mrs. James Dixon (Active: Early 19th Century), Ellen Yates (Active: Early 19th Century), Emily Fletcher (Active: Early 19th Century), Mary Waln (English, 1782-1841), and other unidentified "native artists". Comes from Roscoe's one volume "Monandrian Plants of the order Scitamineae", (1824-1828) (First edition), which consists of 112 hand-colored lithographs. Printed in one color from one copper plate: black. "Hedychium Glaucum" has a "J Budgen 1823" watermark upper left in its sheet. "Zingiber Elatum" has a "J Whatman Turkey Mill 1825" watermark upper right in its sheet. Gold gilded edges as issued.
Biography:
William Roscoe (8 March 1753 – 30 June 1831) was an English banker, lawyer, and briefly a Member of Parliament. He is best known as one of England's first abolitionists, and as the author of the poem for children "The Butterfly's Ball", and the "Grasshopper's Feast". In his day he was also respected as a historian and art collector, as well as a botanist and miscellaneous writer. The standard author abbreviation Roscoe is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.
- Creator:William Roscoe (1753 - 1831, English)
- Creation Year:1824-1828
- Dimensions:Height: 21.25 in (53.98 cm)Width: 16.38 in (41.61 cm)
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- Condition:(Good to Excellent).
- Gallery Location:Saint Augustine, FL
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU121215034282
William Roscoe
William Roscoe was born on March 8th, 1753, in Liverpool’s Mount Pleasant and that is where he was laid to rest when he died in 1831. He was the only son of William and Elizabeth Roscoe. A reformer, poet, educationalist, historian, botanist, a doyen of the arts, lawyer and banker. He is best known as one of England's first abolitionists, and as the author of the poem for children The Butterfly's Ball, and the Grasshopper's Feast. In his day, he was also respected as a historian and art collector, as well as a botanist and miscellaneous writer. Many of his collection of paintings, dispersed in auctions during his financial troubles, remained in Liverpool and later reached the Walker Art Gallery, which in 2015 had extra labels marking them out as once part of Roscoe's collection. Roscoe was a relatively early collector of the Italian Primitives. He died on 30 June 1831 and was buried in the Unitarian Graveyard at Mount Pleasant, a memorial plaque that indicates the approximate spot of his grave.
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