1897 Botanical Prints – Love-Lies-Bleeding, Variegated Amaranth, and Cockscomb

1897 · Birds, Plants & Natural History

1897 Botanical Prints – Love-Lies-Bleeding, Variegated Amaranth, and Cockscomb

Name: 1897 Botanical Prints – Love-Lies-Bleeding, Variegated Amaranth, and Cockscomb
Brand: American Maps and Prints
SKU: BG-13692-3-72
Price: 380 USD
Availability: InStock

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Date: 1897
Kind: Birds, Plants & Natural History
Size: 24 × 15.5 cm (9.4 × 6.1 in)
Condition: Good. These 1897 botanical prints are well-preserved with vibrant colors, minimal edge yellowing, and crisp details, making them stunning pieces for display or collection.
Period: The Gilded Age
Reference: BG-13692-3-72

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.

Guaranteed original. This is an original of the period stated, not a later reproduction or print-on-demand copy. If it is ever shown to be otherwise, we refund you in full.

Shipping to the United States. Sent from our gallery in Langweer, the Netherlands, flat between boards or rolled in a tube, and fully insured. Delivery and import charges.

About this piece

Love-lies-bleeding, variegated amaranth and cockscomb, three original color-printed lithographs from Favorite Flowers of Garden and Greenhouse, 1897. Each plate is on its own sheet and is lettered below with the plant name, its Latin name and "Nat. size."

The first shows love-lies-bleeding (Amarantus caudatus) as a stem of broad green leaves with long, tassel-like crimson flower spikes hanging down, with a seed and small enlarged flowers drawn alongside. The second shows variegated amaranth (Amarantus tricolor), a spike of narrow leaves splashed in crimson, orange, yellow and green, with a dark seed and enlarged flower parts at the base. The third shows cockscomb (Celosia cristata) with a great ruffled crest of deep magenta on a thick stem with pale green leaves and small flowers drawn separately.

Amaranthus caudatus is a South American plant that has long been grown for ornament and as a grain crop, while cockscomb comes from the tropics of the Old World.

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