Elizabeth Blackwell Art
British, 1707-1758
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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Artist: Elizabeth Blackwell
Cardiaca (Motherwart) /// Botanical Botany Female Artist Antique Flowers Print
By Elizabeth Blackwell
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
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...
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Piper Indicum. Spanish Pepper.
By Elizabeth Blackwell
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ELIZABETH BLACKWELL (1707-1758)
A Curious Herbal containing Five Hundred Cuts,
of the most useful Plants,
which are now used in the practice of Physick.
London, 1739.
Copper en...
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Amygdalus. (Almond)
By Elizabeth Blackwell
Located in Florham Park, NJ
ELIZABETH BLACKWELL (1707-1758)
A Curious Herbal containing Five Hundred Cuts,
of the most useful Plants,
which are now used in the practice of Physick.
London, 1739.
Copper en...
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18th Century and Earlier Academic Elizabeth Blackwell Art
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Watercolor, Engraving
Cinara. Artichoke.
By Elizabeth Blackwell
Located in Florham Park, NJ
ELIZABETH BLACKWELL (1707-1758)
A Curious Herbal containing Five Hundred Cuts,
of the most useful Plants,
which are now used in the practice of Physick.
London, 1739.
Copper en...
Category
18th Century and Earlier Academic Elizabeth Blackwell Art
Materials
Engraving
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