Native US Flora - Three Original Botanical Chromolithograps, 1879
€ 290
Original antique · The actual sheet photographed · Certificate of authenticity on request · Sold unframed · Worldwide shipping from € 15 (rates)
Date
1879
Sheet size
25 × 18 cm (9.8 × 7.1 in)
Condition
Good
Reference
BG-12277-1-11, 12, 13
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
Good condition. Minor toning due to age and handling. Ideal for framing, ideally frames with a dark, muted brown color. In three image you can see a visualization. We do not supply the frames, only the prints. Please review the images for further condition details.
About this sheet
Three botanical chromolithographs of North American wild plants, from Thomas Meehan's The Native Flowers and Ferns of the United States in Their Botanical, Horticultural, and Popular Aspects, published by L. Prang and Company of Boston in 1879. Each is a full-color plate on its own sheet, with the volume and plate number at the top and the Latin name lettered at the foot.
The plates show Cuphea viscosissima, the blue waxweed, a branching plant with small pink flowers and a sticky stem; Thalictrum dioicum, the early meadow-rue, with its rounded lobed leaves and airy clusters of small flowers on slender stalks; and Anemone patens var. Nuttalliana, the pasque flower, with a bluish-violet bloom, finely cut leaves and a feathery seed head. Each plant is drawn with its roots, and small numbered details of the flower or fruit are given beside them.
The volume was issued by L. Prang and Company of Boston, the firm best known for its work in color printing, with the plates drawn for Thomas Meehan's survey of native American flowers and ferns.
