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.
Set of Two Hand-Colored Lithographs from Roscoe's "Monandrian Plants" /// Botany
By William Roscoe
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: William Roscoe (English, 1753-1831) Title: "Maranta Arundinacea (Arrowroot)" and "Phrynium Grandiflorum" Portfolio: Monandrian Plants of the order Scitamineae, Chiefly Drawn ...
Watercolor, Lithograph
$900
Set of Three Hand-Colored Lithographs from Roscoe's "Monandrian Plants"
By William Roscoe
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: William Roscoe (English, 1753-1831) Title: "Phrynium Myrosma", "Costus Maculatus", and "Kaempferia Galanga (Aromatic Ginger)" Portfolio: Monandrian Plants of the order Scitam...
Watercolor, Lithograph
Set of Two Hand-Colored Lithographs from Roscoe's "Monandrian Plants" /// Botany
By William Roscoe
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: William Roscoe (English, 1753-1831) Titles: "Hedychium Glaucum" and "Zingiber Elatum" Portfolio: Monandrian Plants of the order Scitamineae, Chiefly Drawn from Living Specime...
Watercolor, Lithograph
$480
H 40 in W 28 in
Gingko Leaf Explosion, Pressed Flowers, White and Blue Handmade Botanical Print
By Kind of Cyan
Located in Barcelona, ES
This is an exclusive handprinted limited edition cyanotype. Details: + Title: Gingko Leaf Explosion + Year: 2024 + Edition Size: 100 + Stamped and Certificate of Authenticity provid...
Emulsion, Watercolor, Rag Paper, C Print
$3,379
H 29.53 in W 21.26 in D 1.58 in
Dark Flora Autumn Weald in Floral arrangement of wild flowers and plants, Framed
By Jasper Goodall
Located in London, GB
Dark Flora #4 - Autumn Weald: An arrangement of cloth of gold, pine, beech, and bracken surrounding a nest of exquisite blue eggs. Archival Pigment Print, Mounted on Aluminium, in bespoke Oak Framed, Edition 3/8 Print size: 75 x 54 cm Framed: 80 x 60 cm approx. Inspired by Victorian era taxidermy dioramas...
Archival Pigment, Glass, Wood, Oak, Photographic Paper, Color
$420
H 40 in W 28 in
Vintage Pressed Flowers in Blue, Botanical Nordic Style, Traditional Cyanotype
By Kind of Cyan
Located in Barcelona, ES
This is an exclusive handprinted limited edition cyanotype. Details: + Title: Vintage Pressed Flowers Nº1 + Year: 2021 + Edition Size: 20 + St...
Watercolor, Other Medium, Monotype
$420
H 39.38 in W 27.56 in
Classic Botanical Cyanotype, Handmade Using Natural Sunlight, Limited Edition
By Kind of Cyan
Located in Barcelona, ES
This is an exclusive handprinted limited edition cyanotype. Details: + Title: Vintage Pressed Flowers Nº3 + Year: 2023 + Edition Size: 20 + Stamped and Certificate of Authenticity provided + Measurements : 70x100 cm (28x 40 in.), a standard frame size + All cyanotype prints are made on high-quality Italian watercolor paper WHAT IS A CYANOTYPE? The cyanotype (a.k.a. sun-print) process is one of the oldest in the history of photography, dating back to the 1840's. Cyanotypes were then made famous by Anna Atkins, considered the first female photographer. Inspired by nature, we feel the need to look back at a craft that is handmade, analogue, and using an all-natural light source: the sun. Our cyanotypes are made by coating high-quality Italian watercolor paper with a light-sensitive emulsion. We then expose it in direct sunlight for several minutes using a photo negative...
Emulsion, Watercolor, Paper, Lithograph
$2,595
H 28.88 in W 22.5 in
Jim Dine Watercolor Lithograph, Signed, 1973. Ten Winter Tools, Wire Strippers
By Jim Dine
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Jim Dine Medium: Lithograph hand-colored with watercolor on Auvergne Narcisse Title: Wire Strippers Portfolio: 1973 Ten Winter Tools (Hand-Colored) Year: 1973 Edition: 7/10 I...
Watercolor, Lithograph
$420
H 40 in W 28 in
Classic Botanical Cyanotype of Vintage Pressed Flowers, Artisan Made, Blue Tones
By Kind of Cyan
Located in Barcelona, ES
This is an exclusive handprinted limited edition cyanotype. Details: + Title: Vintage Pressed Flowers Nº4 + Year: 2022 + Edition Size: 20 + St...
Photographic Film, Emulsion, Watercolor, Archival Paper, Photographic Pa...
$5,300
H 12.88 in W 9.63 in
Thistle and Moths, plate no. 6, Metamorphosis Insectorum Surinamensium
By Maria Sibylla Merian
Located in Middletown, NY
Metamorphosis Insectorum Surinamensium, Plate No. 6; Thistle and Moths. The Netherlands: 1705. Engraving with hand coloring in w...
Watercolor, Engraving
$420
H 40 in W 28 in
Botanical Composition Cyanotype of Vintage Pressed Flowers, White and Blue
By Kind of Cyan
Located in Barcelona, ES
This is an exclusive handprinted limited edition cyanotype. Details: + Title: Vintage Pressed Flowers Nº2 + Year: 2022 + Edition Size: 24 + Stamped and...
Watercolor, Rag Paper
$2,595
H 28.88 in W 22.5 in
Jim Dine Watercolor Lithograph, Signed, 1973, Ten Winter Tools, Fork
By Jim Dine
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Jim Dine Medium: Lithograph hand-colored with watercolor on Auvergne Narcisse Title: Fork Portfolio: 1973 Ten Winter Tools (Hand-Colored) Year: 1973 Edition: 6/10 Image Size:...
Watercolor, Lithograph
$4,500
H 20.63 in W 14 in
4 plates from The Wondrous Transformation of Caterpillars & their Strange Diet..
By Maria Sibylla Merian
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 one 1.5 inch inch tear across the area of the top-left corner, well outside of image area. 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: CXXI, CXXII, CXXIII, & CXXIV. 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...
Watercolor, Engraving
$2,595
H 28.88 in W 22.5 in
Jim Dine Watercolor Lithograph, Signed, 1973. Ten Winter Tools, Spoon
By Jim Dine
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Jim Dine Medium: Lithograph hand-colored with watercolor on Auvergne Narcisse Title: Spoon Portfolio: 1973 Ten Winter Tools (Hand-Colored) Year: 1973 Edition: 6/10 Image Size...
Watercolor, Lithograph
$2,595
H 28.88 in W 22.5 in
Jim Dine Watercolor Lithograph, Signed, 1973. Ten Winter Tools, C-Clamp
By Jim Dine
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Jim Dine Medium: Lithograph hand-colored with watercolor on Auvergne Narcisse Title: C-Clamp Portfolio: 1973 Ten Winter Tools (Hand-Colored) Year: 1973 Edition: 6/10 Image Si...
Lithograph, Watercolor
Sold
H 21.38 in W 16.5 in
Set of Two Hand-Colored Lithographs from Roscoe's "Monandrian Plants" /// Botany
By William Roscoe
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: William Roscoe (English, 1753-1831) Title: "Maranta Tonchat" and "Zingiber Officinale (Ginger)" Portfolio: Monandrian Plants of the order Scitamineae, Chiefly Drawn from Livi...
Watercolor, Lithograph
Ginger Lily
By William Roscoe
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
An original hand-colored lithograph on wove paper by English artist William Roscoe (1753-1831), titled "Ginger Lily", 1824-1828. Issued unsigned. Limited edition: 150. Comes from his...
Lithograph, Watercolor