White Cupflower and Hairy Toadflax, Hand-Colored Botanical Print, 1874

€ 140

Original antique · The actual sheet photographed · Certificate of authenticity on request · Sold unframed · Worldwide shipping from € 15 (rates)

Date: 1874
Sheet size: 24.9 × 16.5 cm (9.8 × 6.5 in)
Condition: Good
Reference: BG-14055-7

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

Very good antique condition with minimal signs of age. Clean image area and vibrant color. Slight toning near margins.

About this sheet

White cupflower and hairy toadflax, a hand-colored lithograph of 1874 from the second series of Alpine Plants, published in London by George Bell & Sons. The plate is numbered "VII" and lettered with the two Latin names, Nierembergia rivularis and Linaria villosa.

The upper plant, Nierembergia rivularis, grows as a low rosette of rounded green leaves from which rise several large white, cup-shaped flowers with a yellow center, shown against a soft gray cloud-like ground. Below it, Linaria villosa trails diagonally across the lower half of the sheet in a loose, spreading mat of small gray-green leaves, with small lilac and pale violet flowers marked with yellow.

Nierembergia rivularis is a native of southern South America, from where it reached European gardens, while the toadflax is a Mediterranean plant, so the plate combines a South American and a European species under the alpine heading.