Set of 2 Antique Botany Prints - Prickly Poppy - Perennial Sunflower

Birds, Plants & Natural History

Set of 2 Antique Botany Prints - Prickly Poppy - Perennial Sunflower

Name: Set of 2 Antique Botany Prints - Prickly Poppy - Perennial Sunflower
Brand: American Maps and Prints
SKU: BG-13340-11 & BG-13340-27
Price: 325 USD
Availability: InStock

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Shipping to the United States: $51 standard, $73 express, insured and tracked.

Kind: Birds, Plants & Natural History
Size: 23 × 14 cm (9.1 × 5.5 in)
Condition: Good. Wear consistent with age and use. Age-related toning, some wear and soiling. Blank verso. Please study image carefully.
Reference: BG-13340-11 & BG-13340-27

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 original antique botanical prints from The Botanical Magazine; or Flower-Garden Displayed, begun by William Curtis in 1787. Each is a copper engraving with hand coloring and carries a plate number and the publisher's imprint line from Curtis's Botanical Magazine, issued from St. George's Crescent in London in the 1790s.

One plate shows the Mexican Argemone, or prickly poppy, a plant with a yellow cup-shaped flower and spiny, blue-green leaves and stems; the other shows the many-flowered or perennial sunflower, a large yellow daisy-like head with unopened buds and broad leaves on purple-tinged stalks. In each case the plant is drawn at natural size, with a single stem or spray set against the blank paper.

The Botanical Magazine is the longest-running botanical periodical and is widely known by the later name Curtis's Botanical Magazine. Each number described its subjects in text, with common names, growth habits and uses, and many plants were first illustrated in its pages. Its plates were initially hand-colored copper engravings meant to accompany the descriptions.

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