London: 1737. Botanical print. Copper engraving with hand coloring. Plate 177. Page measures 15" x 9 1/2". Richly colored illustration of a garden succory plant published in "A Curious Herbal" which depicts exotic plants from the New World used for medicinal purposes. Elizabeth Blackwell (1707-1758) was trained as an artist but untrained in botany. She collaborated with her botanist husband while he was in debtor's prison and with the curator of the Chelsea Physick Garden where the plants were under... More

London: 1737. Botanical print. Copper engraving with hand coloring. Plate 213. Page measures 13 1/2" x 8 1/2". Richly colored illustration of an olive tree published in "A Curious Herbal" which depicts exotic plants from the New World used for medicinal purposes. Elizabeth Blackwell (1707-1758) was trained as an artist but untrained in botany. She collaborated with her botanist husband while he was in debtor's prison and with the curator of the Chelsea Physick Garden where the plants were under... More

London: 1737. Botanical print. Copper engraving with hand coloring. Plate 33. Page measures 15" x 9 1/2". Richly colored illustration of a white archangel plant published in "A Curious Herbal" which depicts exotic plants from the New World used for medicinal purposes. Elizabeth Blackwell (1707-1758) was trained as an artist but untrained in botany. She collaborated with her botanist husband while he was in debtor's prison and with the curator of the Chelsea Physick Garden where the plants were under... More

Berlin: Ernst Wasmuth, 1929. Botanical print. Black and white photogravure. Image measures 7.5" x 10 1/8". Three botanical image magnified 4, 12, and 10 times. Published in the second edition of Blossfeldt's "Urformen der Kunst." Karl Blossfeldt (1865-1932) was a botanist who applied artistic principles to the study of plants which resulted in his innovative way of photographing them. Please visit our gallery for more Blossfeldt prints. More

Berlin: Ernst Wasmuth, 1929. Botanical print. Black and white photogravure. Image measures 10" x 7.75". Three botanical image magnified 12, 4, and 18 times respectively. Published in the second edition of Blossfeldt's "Urformen der Kunst." Karl Blossfeldt (1865-1932) was a botanist who applied artistic principles to the study of plants which resulted in his innovative way of photographing them. Please visit our gallery for more Blossfeldt prints. More

Berlin: Ernst Wasmuth, 1929. Botanical print. Black and white photogravure. Image measures 10.25" x 7.75". Beautiful botanical image magnified 4 times. Published in the second edition of Blossfeldt's "Urformen der Kunst." Karl Blossfeldt (1865-1932) was a botanist who applied artistic principles to the study of plants which resulted in his innovative way of photographing them. Please visit our gallery for more Blossfeldt prints. More

London: W. Curtis, 1791. Botanical print. Copper plate engraving with hand coloring. Page measures 9" x 5.75". This beautiful print depicts the St. John's Wort, particularly distinguished by the largeness of its flowers. It is a native of the country near Constantinople or Istanbul. It flowers from July to Spetember William Curtis (1746-1799) was an English botanist who began as an apothecary before turning his attention to natural history. He established his own London Botanic Garden in the 1770's and... More

London: W. Curtis, 1793. Botanical print. Copper plate engraving with hand coloring. Page measures 9" x 5.75". Beautiful azure convolvulus flower, is a native of Africa and America. It grows to a height of eight to ten feet and flowers from July to September William Curtis (1746-1799) was an English botanist who began as an apothecary before turning his attention to natural history. He established his own London Botanic Garden in the 1770's and published "Flora Londinensis" (6 volumes, 1777-1798)... More

London: W. Curtis, 1794. Botanical print. Copper plate engraving with hand coloring. Page measures 9" x 5.75". This beautiful print depicts the Mesembryanthemum, one of the taller and more upright species. Flowers from February to May with a bright orange hue and the center pistilla purple. William Curtis (1746-1799) was an English botanist who began as an apothecary before turning his attention to natural history. He established his own London Botanic Garden in the 1770's and published "Flora Londinensis" (6... More

London: 1877. Botanical print. Lithograph with hand color. Page measures 21.75" x 15". Walter Hood Fitch (1817-1892) was born and educated in Glasgow, Scotland. He moved to London to work with W. J. Hooker, director of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, where Fitch became the sole artist for all official and unofficial publications. This lithograph is one of a series produced for H. J. Elwes's "Monograth of the Genus Lilium." Binding stain along right edge, small chip to lower left... More

London: 1877. Botanical print. Lithograph with hand color. Page measures 22" x 15". Walter Hood Fitch (1817-1892) was born and educated in Glasgow, Scotland. He moved to London to work with W. J. Hooker, director of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, where Fitch became the sole artist for all official and unofficial publications. This lithograph is one of a series produced for H. J. Elwes's "Monograth of the Genus Lilium." Binding stain along right edge, small chip to upper left... More

Germany. Portrait. Engraving. Image measures 13" x 8.5". Portrait of Christian Gottlieb Ludwig (1709-1773), German physician and botanist. He is remembered for his correspondence with Carl Linnaeus regarding Linnaeus' classification system. Engraved by E. G. Haussmann. Minor staining in upper right corner, margins are cropped, Ludwig's death date marked in red ink. This is one of hundreds of portraits of scientists that can be found in the Gallery. More

London: W.R. Royle and Son Ltd. 1976. Botanical. Color offset lithograph. Page measures 23" x 20". Signature in pencil in the lower right corner, numbered 32/500. The Columbine is a light pink flower with subtle variations in color and is depicted as just on the verge of opening. This color lithograph features lavishly textured petals and a virtuosic understanding of light and shadow. Rory McEwen (1932 - 1982) was an artist and musician born in Scotland. He studied at Eton... More