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Style: Naturalistic
Forest Insects - Beetles, German antique chromolithograph print
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'Forstinsekten II Kafer'
(Forest Insects - Beetles)
German chromolithograph, circa 1895.
245mm by 155mm (sheet)
Category
Late 19th Century Naturalistic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
African Boxthorn (Lycium horridum, Thurnberg), antique botanical lithograph
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'African Boxthorn (Lycium horridum, Thurnberg)'
Colour lithograph, 1909. Plate number printed at the top of the image.
Category
Early 20th Century Naturalistic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Townsend's Rocky Mountain Hare: an Original Audubon Hand-colored Lithograph
Located in Alamo, CA
This is an original 19th century John James Audubon hand colored lithograph entitled "Townsend's Rocky Mountain Hare", No. 1, Plate III, from Audubon's "Quadrupeds of North America",...
Category
Mid-19th Century Naturalistic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
4 plates from The Wondrous Transformation of Caterpillars & their Strange Diet..
Located in Middletown, NY
Four plates from The Wondrous Transformation of Caterpillars and their Strange Diet of Flowers. “Wolfsmelk Rupsen;" “Wolfsmilch, Raupe und Schmetterling" Amsterdam: J F Bernard, 1730. Each an engraving with hand coloring in watercolor and gouache printed on one sheet of watermarked Honig cream laid paper, each measures 6 1/4 x 5 inches (157 x 121 mm), sheet measures 20 5/8 x 14 inches (522 x 355 mm), full margins. With handling creases in the lower right sheet quadrant, as well as minor, loose cockling, otherwise in very good condition. The colors are superb with exceptionally fresh and bright saturation. Engraved between 1679 and 1683, printed 1730. Plates included: LIV, LV, LVI, & LVII.
MARIA SIBYLLA MERIAN was one of the most highly respected entomologists of the 17th century, and remains today one of the field's most significant figures. A German-born naturalist and scientific illustrator, she reared herself on the study of caterpillars, and made tremendous contributions to the knowledge of the life cycles of numerous species. Until her detailed and careful study of the process of metamorphosis it was thought that insects were "born of mud," through spontaneous generation.
Trained as a miniature painter by her stepfather, she published her first book of illustrations in 1675, at the age of 28. In 1679, Merian published the first volume of the two-volume series on caterpillars, The Wondrous Transformation of Caterpillars and their Strange Diet of Flowers; the second volume followed in 1683. Each volume contained 50 plates that she engraved and etched. In 1699, Merian traveled to Dutch Guiana...
Category
Early 18th Century Naturalistic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Watercolor, Engraving
Florida Rat Family: An Original 19th Century Hand-colored Lithograph by Audubon
Located in Alamo, CA
This is an original John James Audubon hand-colored lithograph entitled "Florida Rat", No. 1, Plate IV", from John James Audubon's Quadrupeds of North America, published in Philadelp...
Category
Mid-19th Century Naturalistic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Spotted Dead Nettle, English antique flower botanical chromolithograph, 1895
By Frederick William Hulme
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'Spotted Dead Nettle'
Process print from Frederick William Hulme’s ‘Familiar Wild Flowers’, circa 1890.
Hulme was known as a teacher and an amateur botanist. He was the Professor o...
Category
Late 19th Century Naturalistic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Fever Nut Plant "Ban Caretti": A 17th Century Engraving by Hendrik van Rheede
Located in Alamo, CA
This is a 17th century engraving of a fever or bonduc nut plant entitled "Ban Caretti" by Hendrik van Rheede tot Drakenstein, plate 20 from his 'Hortus Indi...
Category
Late 17th Century Naturalistic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving
Tawny or Brown Owl: A Framed Original 19th C. Hand-colored Lithograph by Gould
Located in Alamo, CA
This is a framed original 19th century hand-colored folio-sized lithograph entitled “Syrnium Aluco" (Tawny or Brown Owl) by John Gould, from his "Birds of G...
Category
Mid-19th Century Naturalistic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Cocoa plant, caterpillar, ..., Plate 26, Metamorphosis Insectorum Surinamensium
Located in Middletown, NY
Metamorphosis Insectorum Surinamensium, Plate No. 26; Cocoa plant, caterpillar, pupa, and butterflies. The Netherlands: 1705. En...
Category
Early 18th Century Naturalistic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Watercolor, Engraving
Palm Leaf Over Blue Sky, Handmade Botanical Cyanotype on Paper, Tropical Vintage
By Kind of Cyan
Located in Barcelona, ES
This is an exclusive handprinted limited edition cyanotype of a beautiful Palm Tree Leaf.
Details:
+ Title: Palm Tree Leaf Over Blue Sky
+ Year: 2025
+ Edition Size: 100
+ Stamped a...
Category
2010s Naturalistic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Lithograph
Swallow-wort Gentian, English antique flower botanical chromolithograph, 1895
By Frederick William Hulme
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'Swallow-wort Gentian'
Process print from Frederick William Hulme’s ‘Familiar Wild Flowers’, circa 1890.
Hulme was known as a teacher and an amateur botanist. He was the Professor ...
Category
Late 19th Century Naturalistic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Colorful Flower Bouquet Mix, Summer Light Still Life Giclée Print, Soft Tones
By Kind of Cyan
Located in Barcelona, ES
This is an exclusive limited edition color Giclée print, printed on matte photographic paper.
This exquisite still life photo, shows a classy bouquet beautifully lit with soft light...
Category
2010s Naturalistic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Photographic Paper, Emulsion, C Print, Giclée
Thistle and Moths, plate no. 6, Metamorphosis Insectorum Surinamensium
Located in Middletown, NY
Metamorphosis Insectorum Surinamensium, Plate No. 6; Thistle and Moths. The Netherlands: 1705. Engraving with hand coloring in w...
Category
Early 18th Century Naturalistic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Watercolor, Engraving
Qua-Ta-Wa-Pea, A Shawnee: 19th C. Folio Hand-colored McKenney & Hall Lithograph
Located in Alamo, CA
This is an original 19th century hand-colored folio-sized lithographic portrait of a Native American entitled "Qua-Ta-Wa-Pea, A Shawanoe Chief", from McKenney and Hall's 'History of the Indian Tribes of North America'. It was lithographed by J. T. Bowen after a painting by Charles Bird King and published by E. C. Biddle in Philadelphia in 1836. Quatawapea wears a maroon head covering, a white ruffled shirt and blue shawl with gray trim. His presidential peace medal is attached to a maroon fabric...
Category
Mid-19th Century Naturalistic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Reddish Egrets, Adult & Young: An Original Audubon Hand-colored Bird Lithograph
Located in Alamo, CA
This is an original John James Audubon hand-colored lithograph entitled "Reddish Egret, 1. Adult, Full Spring Plumage 2. Young in Full Spring Plumage Two Years Old", No. 75, Plate 371 from Audubon's "Birds of America, lithographed, printed and colored by J. T. Bowen and published in Philadelphia between 1870-1871. It depicts an adult reddish egret standing in the water with leg up, looking to the left at a young white egret standing on land looking to the right at the adult bird. A beautiful landscape is depicted.
This original hand-colored Audubon egret...
Category
Mid-19th Century Naturalistic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Shar-I-Tar-Ish, A Pawnee Chief: Original Hand-colored McKenney & Hall Lithograph
Located in Alamo, CA
This is an original 19th century 1st edition octavo hand-colored McKenney and Hall lithograph of a Native American entitled " Shar-I-Tar-Ish, A Pawnee Chief", lithographed by J. T. Bowen after a painting by Charles Bird King and published by Rice and Hart in Philadelphia in 1848. Shar-I-Tar-Ish's portrait has a reddish hue from the feathers in his headdress and amulet chain, with a brownish taupe color of the upper trim of his costume. He is wearing his presidential peace medal. He has a very serious and thoughtful expression.
This original McKenney and Hall hand-colored lithograph is printed on a sheet measuring 10.38" high and 7" wide. There are faint smudges in the margins. The print is otherwise in very good condition. The original descriptive text pages, 33-34, from McKenney and Hall's 19th century publication are included.
A famous Pawnee chief, Shar-I-Tar-Ish led his people during the early part of the 19th century. He was descended from a line of chiefs. Shar-i-tar-ish was a young man when he went to Washington in 1822 at the invitation of President James Monroe...
Category
Mid-19th Century Naturalistic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Gloxinia, English antique flower botanical chromolithograph, 1895
By Frederick William Hulme
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'Gloxinia'
Process print from Frederick William Hulme’s ‘Familiar Wild Flowers’, circa 1890.
Hulme was known as a teacher and an amateur botanist. He was the Professor of Freehand ...
Category
Late 19th Century Naturalistic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Long-billed Curlew Bird: Original 1st Edition Audubon Hand Colored Lithograph
Located in Alamo, CA
An original rare and extremely collectible first edition John James Audubon hand colored lithograph entitled "Long-billed Curlew", No. 71, Plate 355, from Audubon's "Birds of America. It was lithographed, printed and colored by J. T. Bowen and published in Philadelphia between 1840-1844. It depicts a male and a female Long-billed Curlew standing on a grassy mound with water and the city of Charleston...
Category
Mid-18th Century Naturalistic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Eagle or Horned Owl: A Framed Original 19th C. Hand-colored Lithograph by Gould
Located in Alamo, CA
This is a framed original 19th century hand-colored folio-sized lithograph entitled “Bubo Maximus" (Great Horned or Eagle Owl) by John Gould, from the supplement to his "Birds of Great Britain", published in London between 1862 and 1873. The print depicts an adult Eagle Owl about to feed her brood of babies who are in the their nest. A another adult (possibly the male) is seen in the distant background in the upper right.
This striking framed Gould...
Category
Mid-19th Century Naturalistic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Johann Weinmann 18th Century Hand Colored Copper Plate Engraving
Located in San Francisco, CA
Rare hand colored copper plate engraving by noted Botanist Johann Wilhelm Weinmann (1683-1741)
Beautiful color after 250+ years!
This wonderful antique engraving is beautifully mat...
Category
18th Century Naturalistic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving
Greyhound
Located in Columbia, MO
Greyhound
1773-1802
Engraving
14 x 10 inches
Framed: 24 x 21 inches
Category
1770s Naturalistic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving
Red-cockaded Woodpecker: A First Octavo Edition Audubon Hand-colored Lithograph
Located in Alamo, CA
This is an original John James Audubon hand-colored royal first octavo edition lithograph entitled "Red-cockaded Woodpecker, 1. 2. Male, 3. Female", No. 5...
Category
Mid-19th Century Naturalistic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Flowering Chestnut Plant: 18th C. Hand-colored Botanical Engraving by Weinmann
Located in Alamo, CA
This hand-colored botanical mezzotint and line engraving by Johann Wilhelm Weinmann (1683-1741) is entitled "Castanea Equina, Chateignier amaire (Horse Chestnut)". It is plate 342 in...
Category
Mid-18th Century Naturalistic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving, Mezzotint
Forced Shrubs, English antique flower botanical chromolithograph, 1896
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'Forced Shrubs'
Flowers are numbered with a key to the varieties below the image.
Antique English flower botanical chromolithograph.
Category
Late 19th Century Naturalistic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Vertical Triptych of Zen Forest Waterfall, Cyanotype, Feng Shui Art, Blue Tones
By Kind of Cyan
Located in Barcelona, ES
This series of cyanotype triptychs showcases the beauty of nature scenes, including stunning beaches and oceans, as well as the intricate textures of water, forests, and skies. These...
Category
2010s Naturalistic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Emulsion, Lithograph, Monotype, Paper
Corn, Maize: An 18th Century Hand-colored Botanical Engraving by J. Weinmann
Located in Alamo, CA
This is a striking original antique colored botanical mezzotint and line engraving of two varieties of corn or maize, which is finished with hand-coloring. It is entitled "Frumentum ...
Category
Mid-18th Century Naturalistic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving, Mezzotint
Sosa by Phillip Graybill, Horse Photography
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Artist: Phillip Graybill
Title: Sosa
Edition: Signed and numbered in the margin, archival pigment prints on 100% cotton rag paper with a Baryta finish. Edition as follows:
24X24 from an edition of 25
36c36 from an edition of 10
Remastered and printed at FATHOM Los Angeles
Frame: FATHOM solid hardwood frames are sourced from managed forests that meet or exceed FSC certification standards. The shadow box style frame is 1 1/4 in high by 3/4 in wide with premium plexiglass.
Phillip Graybill is from Atlanta, Georgia. He moved to NYC in 1996 where he lived for 20 years and now splits his time between NYC and Venice, Ca. He has exhibited with celebrated artist Julian Schnabel. He has also exhibited alongside such photographic luminaries as Peter Lindbergh and Nigel Barker...
Category
Early 2000s Naturalistic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Archival Pigment
Pee-amerdu Plant: A Rare 17th Century Botanical Engraving by H. van Rheede
Located in Alamo, CA
This is a rare 17th century engraving of a plant entitled "Pee-amerdu" by the Dutch botanist Hendrik van Rheede tot Drakenstein, plate 19 from his 'Hortus Indicus Malabaricus' (Garden of Malabar), published in Amsterdam in 1686 by Johann van Someren. The engraving depicts the Pee-amerdu plant, a large leafed plant climbing plant off the Malabar Coast in India. The plant is noted for its medicinal uses. It may be related to Tinospora species. Rheede's 19th century publication featured illustrations of exotic plants and fruits labelled with script in the upper right corner in Latin, Malay, Arabic, and Sanskrit. Hortus Indicus Malabaricus is believed to be the earliest comprehensive published work on the flora of Asia and the tropics. The 17th century treatise featured important illustrations of 740 plants of the region, including Indian medicinal plants.
The engraving is printed on 17th century laid, chain-linked watermarked paper. The sheet measures 14.88" high by 18.75" wide. There is a central fold, as issued. There are a few faint smudges, a spot in the upper margin and there is minimal irregularity of the left edge of the paper where the print was previously bound in the 17th century publication. The print is otherwise in very good condition.
There are additional Rheede botanical engravings from his 'Hortus Indicus Malabaricus' publication that are listed on my 1stdibs storefront and online website. These would make for an impressive display grouping. A discount is available for purchase of two or more of the prints.
Hendrik Adriaan van Rheede tot Drakenstein...
Category
Late 17th Century Naturalistic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving
Bird Eggs - Antique egg colour woodblock print, 1875
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Antique bird egg colour woodblock , 1880, from Francis Orpen Morris’, 'A Natural History of the Nests & Eggs of British Birds', 1875. The woodblocks ...
Category
Late 19th Century Naturalistic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Woodcut
Winter Jasmine, English antique yellow flower botanical chromolithograph, 1895
By Frederick William Hulme
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'Winter Jasmine'
Process print from Frederick William Hulme’s ‘Familiar Wild Flowers’, circa 1890.
Hulme was known as a teacher and an amateu...
Category
Late 19th Century Naturalistic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Aldborough Anemones, English antique flower botanical chromolithograph, 1896
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'Aldborough Anemones'
Flowers are numbered with a key to the varieties below the image.
Antique English flower botanical chromolithograph.
Category
Late 19th Century Naturalistic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Scolopaceous Courlan: An Original 19th C. Audubon Hand-colored Bird Lithograph
Located in Alamo, CA
This is an original 19th century John James Audubon hand-colored lithograph entitled "Scolopaceous Courlan", No. 63, Plate 312 from Audubon's "Birds of America, lithographed, printed...
Category
Mid-19th Century Naturalistic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Champignons, French antique mushroom fungi chromolithograph, 1910
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'275. Aleuria vesiculosa 276. Otidea onotica 277. Peziza aurantia 278. Mitrula paludosa'
Antique French mushroom / fungi chromolithograph.
From "Atlas des champignons de France, Su...
Category
Early 20th Century Naturalistic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
A Wolf, Hand-Colored Print From The Early 1800s by Johan Wilhelm Palmstruch
Located in Stockholm, SE
Johan Wilhelm Palmstruch (1770-1811) Sweden
Title: A Wolf
hand-coloured print
early 1800s
print dimensions approx 4.33 x 7.08 inches (11 x 18 cm)
frame 11.81 x 15.74 inches (30 ...
Category
Early 19th Century Naturalistic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Etching
Pied Flycatcher Birds: 19th C. Hand-colored Folio-sized Lithograph by John Gould
Located in Alamo, CA
This is a beautiful hand-colored folio-sized lithograph entitled "Muscicapa Atricapilla" (Pied Flycatcher) by John Gould from his monograph "The Birds of Great Britain ", published i...
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Mid-19th Century Naturalistic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Hardy Phloxes, English antique flower botanical chromolithograph, 1896
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'Hardy Phloxes'
Flowers are numbered with a key to the varieties below the image.
Antique English flower botanical chromolithograph.
Category
Late 19th Century Naturalistic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Rare Seaweed "Nature Prints" by Henry Bradbury
Located in London, GB
A beautifully framed set of twelve rare "nature prints" produced in 1856 by Henry Bradbury.
Henry Bradbury (1829-1860) is known for the innovative technique of “nature printing”, a...
Category
1850s Naturalistic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Paper
18th Century Catesby Hand-colored Bird & Plant Engraving "The Crested Titmous"
By Mark Catesby
Located in Alamo, CA
A hand-colored copperplate engraving of a bird and plants by Mark Catesby (1683-1749) entitled "The Crested Titmous" from "The Natural History of Carolina, Georgia, Florida and the Bahama Islands", published in 1731. It depicts a small Crested Titmous bird, facing left, perched on the stem of a plant with clusters of mauve colored star-like flowers.
This original Catesby hand-colored engraving, on laid paper with a large central Fleur-de-Lys watermark, is presented in a cream color French mat. The mat measures 20" x 15.5" and the sheet measures 18.75" x 14.75".
Mark Catesby was born in England to a prosperous family, but he traveled to America, first to visit his sister and her husband in 1712. From 1712 to 1719 he explored America observing its birds and plants, taking notes, creating drawings and collecting specimens. He returned to England with this material and created more detailed drawings. His next visit to America 1722-1726 allowed for more detailed research. Upon his return to England he created his monumental and beautiful work "The Natural History of Carolina, Florida, and Bahama Islands", which was published in London in two folio volumes of 11 parts each consisting of 20 plates...
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Mid-18th Century Naturalistic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving
"Trees in Snow" Black and White Winter Landscape Lithograph 2/10
Located in Houston, TX
Black and white winter landscape lithograph by Paula Nelson who was the curator for the Woodstock School of Art Gallery. The piece is signed, titled, and ...
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20th Century Naturalistic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Fish, engraving with original hand-colouring, circa 1815
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Fish and seahorse, engraving with original hand-colouring, circa 1815.
From Bilderbuch Zum Nutzen und Vergnugen Der Jugend by Friedrich Justin Bertuch (1747-1822), an encyclopaedic ...
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Early 19th Century Naturalistic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving
Home Away From Home, Desert Modernism Architecture, Blue Tones Cyanotype, Paper
By Kind of Cyan
Located in Barcelona, ES
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...
Category
2010s Naturalistic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Paper, Monotype, Lithograph
Orchids" Framed 19th C. Hand-Colored Engraving of "Lycaste Skinneri" by Fitch
Located in Alamo, CA
This beautiful, original hand-colored orchid lithograph entitled "Lycaste Harrisoniae Eburnea" Orchids by John Nugent Fitch is plate 100 in Robert Warner's publication 'The Orchid Al...
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1880s Naturalistic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving
Hibiscus Lindlei, antique botanical pink flower engraving
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Engraving with original hand-colouring. 1834. 230mm by 155mm. From Paxton's 'Magazine of botany and register of flowering plants' by Sir Joseph Paxton.
Category
Mid-19th Century Naturalistic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving
Snowy Feverfew, English antique red flower botanical chromolithograph, 1895
By Frederick William Hulme
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'Snowy Feverfew'
Process print from Frederick William Hulme’s ‘Familiar Wild Flowers’, circa 1890.
Hulme was known as a teacher and an amateu...
Category
Late 19th Century Naturalistic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Kowloon by Gleb Derujinsky, Vintage Fashion Photography
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Selected from Derujinsky: The Around The World Portfolio, shot in Kowloon, Hong Kong for Harper's Bazaar
Artist: Gleb Derujinsky
Title: Kowloon
Year: 1957
Estate Edition: signed, stamped and numbered on verso. Signed by Andrea Derujinsky. Archival pigment print on 100% cotton paper, baryta finish. Worldwide authorized edition:
24X24 from a portfolio edition of 20
36X36 from an edition of 5
Gleb was raised in a home dedicated to the arts. His father Gleb Derujinsky Sr. was a renowned sculptor, and his mother, Alexandra Micholoff Derujinsky, a classic pianist. By the age of 6 Gleb’s life long passion for photograph blossomed as he began to shoot, develop and print his own photographs. At 15 he became the youngest member of the famed New York Camera Club where he met and was influenced by the legendary photographers in the club including Edward Steichen and Alfred Stieglitz.
Gleb’s fashion photography...
Category
1950s Naturalistic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Archival Pigment
Champignons, French antique mushroom fungi chromolithograph, 1910
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'118. Cantharellus tubaeformis 119. Cantharellus carbonarius 120. Craterellus cornucopioides'
Antique French mushroom / fungi chromolithograph.
From "Atlas des champignons de Franc...
Category
Early 20th Century Naturalistic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
"Dawn Inside the Yoshiwara" Utagawa Hiroshige, Japanese Landscape, Ukiyo-e
Located in New York, NY
Utagawa Hiroshige
Dawn Inside the Yoshiwara, circa 1857
Woodblock print
11 x 7 inches
Utagawa Hiroshige is recognized as a master of the ukiyo-e woodblock printing tradition, havin...
Category
1850s Naturalistic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Paper, Ink, Woodcut
Caunga Cucumber Plant: A 17th Century Botanical Engraving by Hendrik van Rheede
Located in Alamo, CA
This is a rare 17th century engraving of a plant entitled "Caunga" by the Dutch botanist Hendrik van Rheede tot Drakenstein, plate 6 from his 'Hortus Indicus Malabaricus' (Garden of Malabar), published in Amsterdam in 1686 by Johann van Someren. The engraving depicts the caunga plant, also known as Inca cucumber or horned squash, which is a climbing vine that produces edible, cucumber-like fruits. Rheede's 19th century publication featured illustrations of exotic plants and fruits labelled with script in the upper right corner in Latin, Malay, Arabic, and Sanskrit. Hortus Indicus Malabaricus is believed to be the earliest comprehensive published work on the flora of Asia and the tropics. The 17th century treatise featured important illustrations of 740 plants of the region, including Indian medicinal plants.
The engraving is printed on 17th century laid, chain-linked paper, watermarked with an elaborate crown design. The sheet measures 15.25" high by 18.88" wide. There is a central fold, as issued. There is a small dark spot on the left which appears to represent a paper inclusion which occurred when the hand-made paper was produced. The print is otherwise in excellent condition.
There are additional Rheede botanical engravings from his 'Hortus Indicus Malabaricus' publication that are listed on my 1stdibs storefront and online website. These would make for an impressive display grouping. A discount is available for purchase of two or more of the prints.
Hendrik Adriaan van Rheede tot Drakenstein...
Category
Late 17th Century Naturalistic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving
Tacsonia, English antique pink flower botanical chromolithograph, 1895
By Frederick William Hulme
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'Tacsonia'
Process print from Frederick William Hulme’s ‘Familiar Wild Flowers’, circa 1890.
Hulme was known as a teacher and an amateur botanist. He was the Professor of Freehand ...
Category
Late 19th Century Naturalistic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Flowering Cotton Plant: 18th Century Hand-colored Weinmann Botanical Engraving
Located in Alamo, CA
This striking hand-colored botanical mezzotint and line engraving is entitled "Gnaphalium, Gossypium (Cotton Plant)". It is plate 551 in Johann Weinmann's monumental publication "Phy...
Category
Mid-18th Century Naturalistic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving, Mezzotint
THORNTON. The Roses
Located in London, GB
Magnificent print by Robert John Thornton. Aquatint and mezzotint, printed in colour and finished by hand, heightened with gum arabic, from The Temple of Flora.
[London 1799]
First state.
Thornton was a prolific medical author and Doctor of Medicine, practicing at St Andrews University and licentiate of the Royal College of Physicians. However, he is best remembered for this great botanical publication The Temple of Flora, which formed a part of the larger work - New Illustration of the Sexual system of Linnaeus.
In 1797, he also began advertising for subscribers to his planned natural history publishing venture, which eventually comprised of 30 folio botanical plates. For these remarkable illustrations, he engaged the services of the leading artists and engravers of his day: Sir William Beechey, James Opie, Henry Raeburn, John Russell, Philip Reinagle and others as painters; Francesco Bartolozzi, Richard Earlom and John Landseer. Most of the images were painted by Peter Charles Henderson and Philip Reinagle.
These botanical illustrations are unique as they were the first flower prints with landscape backgrounds, depicting the natural habitat of the plant. The life-size flowers stand out dramatically and the whole effect is startlingly modern. Thornton's announced intention was to make this work the most magnificent tribute ever paid to the famous Swedish botanist Linnaeus by illustrating his Sexual System with the finest possible prints. All these were engraved on a larger scale than anything which had hitherto appeared and then were printed in colour, an expensive and uncommon method in England at this time. A brilliant effect.
This rare and celebrated plate of the Roses...
Category
1790s Naturalistic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Mezzotint, Aquatint, Handmade Paper, Engraving
Passiflora Cinnabarina, antique botanical Australian flower lithograph print
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'Passiflora Cinnabarina' (Passionflower)
Botanical lithograph of an Australian native plant with original hand-colouring , 1871, by Walter Hood Fitch (1817...
Category
Mid-19th Century Naturalistic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Flowering Morning Glory: 18th Century Hand-colored Weinmann Botanical Engraving
Located in Alamo, CA
This hand-colored botanical mezzotint and line engraving by Johann Wilhelm Weinmann (1683-1741) is entitled "A. Convolvulus Major Folio Subrotundo Purpureg Albo, B. Convolvulus Major...
Category
Mid-18th Century Naturalistic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving, Mezzotint
Pheasant Pigeon Birds: 19th C. Folio-sized Hand-colored Lithograph by John Gould
Located in Alamo, CA
This is a hand-colored folio-sized lithograph entitled "Otidiphaps Nobilis" (Pheasant Pigeon) by John Gould from his monograph "The Birds of Asia", published in London in 1862-1879. The print, which was drawn by Gould and H. C. Richter and lithographed by Walter, depicts two Pheasant Pigeon birds...
Category
Mid-19th Century Naturalistic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
To-Ka-Con, A Sioux Chief: Hand-colored McKenney & Hall Folio-sized Lithograph
Located in Alamo, CA
This is an original 19th century hand-colored folio-size McKenney and Hall engraving of a Native American entitled "To-Ka-Con, A Sioux Chief", drawn ...
Category
1830s Naturalistic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving
Flowering Sweet William Plant: 18th C. Hand-colored Weinmann Botanical Engraving
Located in Alamo, CA
This hand-colored botanical mezzotint and line engraving by Johann Wilhelm Weinmann (1683-1741) is entitled "a. Caryophyllus Arborescens, b. Caryophyllus Barbatus". It is plate 327 i...
Category
Mid-18th Century Naturalistic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving, Mezzotint
Eggs, natural history chromolithograph, circa 1900
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'Eggs'
Antique English natural history chromolithograph. Key to eggs below the image. Tiny numbers in the margins to identify the eggs.
Sheet 19cm by 12.5cm, image 13cm by 9.5cm.
Category
Early 1900s Naturalistic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Streptosolon, English antique flower botanical chromolithograph, 1896
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'1. Streptosolon Jamesoni 2. Leschenaultia Biloba Major'
Flowers are numbered with a key to the varieties below the image.
Antique English flower botanical chromolithograph.
Category
Late 19th Century Naturalistic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Cape Tulip (Homeria collina), antique botanical lithograph
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'Cape Tulip (Homeria collina, variety miniata, Sweet)'
Colour lithograph, 1909.
Category
Early 20th Century Naturalistic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Golden Eagle
Located in Columbia, MO
John James Audubon was born in Haiti in 1785. Most of his childhood was spent in France, where he first took interest in birds and drawing. He came to the U.S. at age 18, and made ma...
Category
1840s Naturalistic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
$5,040
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