Broad Leaved Helleborine, Swedish Botanical Print, Lindman, circa 1920
€ 90
Original antique · The actual sheet photographed · Certificate of authenticity on request · Sold unframed · Worldwide shipping from € 15 (rates)
Date
circa 1920
Mapmaker / artist
Carl Axel Magnus Lindman
Publisher
Wahlstrom and Widstrand, Stockholm; printed by A. Bortzells Tryckeri
Technique
Chromolithograph
Coloring
Printed color
Sheet size
23 × 15 cm (9.1 × 5.9 in)
Condition
Good
Reference
BG-14377
What the condition grades mean
Excellent
Bright and clean, with no faults worth mentioning.
Very good
Only light signs of age, such as faint toning.
Good
Normal signs of age for a sheet of this period: toning, some foxing, small marks or neat old repairs.
Fair
Clear faults such as staining, tears or repairs, priced to match.
Every fault we see is written in the condition note, and the whole sheet is shown uncropped in the photos.
Condition
Light uneven toning, browner towards the edges. Handling soiling along the right edge. Slight wear at the bottom right and top left corners.
About this sheet
An original antique Swedish botanical plate of the broad leaved helleborine, a woodland orchid, showing the whole plant with its spike of greenish and dull purple flowers, a separate detail of the broad ribbed leaves, an enlarged single flower and a study of the root. The caption beneath is lettered in Swedish and Latin together, SKOGSKNIPPROT, HELLEBORINE LATIFOLIA (ALL.) DRUCE, and the printer's line at the lower right reads A. BORTZELLS TR. A. B. STHLM. The plate is numbered 648 at the upper right.
Carl Lindman's Bilder ur Nordens Flora is the standard illustrated flora of Scandinavia, published in Stockholm by Wahlstrom and Widstrand with the plates lithographed by A. Bortzells of the same city. The first edition appeared between 1901 and 1905; the plate number here, 648, places this sheet in the enlarged edition of the 1920s, which ran to rather more than six hundred and fifty plates. The same stones were used for the Danish edition.
Lindman plates have become one of the most reliable sellers in botanical prints, partly because the drawing is so clear and partly because the muted greens and purples suit a modern Scandinavian interior better than the brighter Victorian plates do. The helleborine is an orchid, which widens its appeal. It hangs well singly and even better in a run of three or four.
Light uneven toning, browner towards the edges. Handling soiling along the right edge. Slight wear at the bottom right and top left corners.
This is an original antique print, not a modern reproduction. This item is sold unframed. Any framed or interior images are shown for presentation and inspiration only, unless the listing explicitly states that the item is sold framed.
