Pair of Hand-Colored Victorian Botanical Prints by B. Maund 1836

1836 · Birds, Plants & Natural History

Pair of Hand-Colored Victorian Botanical Prints by B. Maund 1836

Name: Pair of Hand-Colored Victorian Botanical Prints by B. Maund 1836
Brand: American Maps and Prints
SKU: BG-14141-21 & BG-14141-22
Price: 380 USD
Availability: InStock

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Date: 1836
Kind: Birds, Plants & Natural History
Size: 24 × 18 cm (9.4 × 7.1 in)
Condition: Good. Excellent impressions with fine, original hand-coloring. Slight age toning and minimal foxing typical for the period, with visible platemarks. Paper strong and margins clean.
Period: The Early Republic
Reference: BG-14141-21 & BG-14141-22

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

Two botanical plates from The Botanic Garden by Benjamin Maund (1790-1864), published in London around 1836 (Volume VII). Each is an original copper engraving with hand coloring, laid out as four separate plant portraits within ruled compartments, with the name engraved beneath each.

The left sheet shows Rudbeckia columnaris, a red and yellow coneflower with a tall central cone, together with Dracocephalum peregrinum (a spiked, purple-flowered dragonhead) and Vesicaria grandiflora (yellow flowers on a trailing stem), and a white-flowered shrubby sprig. On the right sheet a large yellow Rosa lutea fills the upper left compartment, with a spike of pale lilac flowers, a violet and a small-leaved evergreen sprig, Vaccinium vitis idaea (lingonberry), in the other three. Each plant is drawn full length with leaves and flowers. The old description gave the engraver as S. Watts after E. D. Smith, and the plates carry small artist and engraver credits at the foot.

Maund's The Botanic Garden presented hardy ornamental flowering plants cultivated in Great Britain, issued in parts from the 1820s, and it mixes native and introduced garden species, including several from North America, such as the Rudbeckia shown here.

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