Old Flower Print of the Frog's-Stomach or Harping Johnny, ca.1800
€ 280
Original antique · The actual sheet photographed · Certificate of authenticity on request · Sold unframed · Worldwide shipping from € 15 (rates)
Date
1800
Sheet size
46 × 28 cm (18.1 × 11.0 in)
Condition
Good
Reference
BGI-00517
Condition
General age-related toning. Please review the images for further condition details.
About this sheet
Antique print titled ‘Sedum Telephium’. Sedum telephium, often called Hylotelephium telephium, orpine, livelong, frog's-stomach, harping Johnny, life-everlasting, live-forever, midsummer-men, Orphan John, witch's moneybags is a succulent perennial groundcover of the family Crassulaceae native to Eurasia. The flowers are held in dense heads and can be reddish or yellowish-white. Original text page included. Source unknown, to be determined.