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Van Houtte's Tigridia Botanical Illustration by Louis van Houtte, 19th Century
Birds, Plants & Natural History

Van Houtte's Tigridia Botanical Illustration by Louis van Houtte, 19th Century

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€140 · dollar price at today's exchange rate

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

Kind
Birds, Plants & Natural History
Size
24 × 16 cm (9.4 × 6.3 in)
Condition
Good. The condition of this print is good, with vibrant colors and clear details that have been well-preserved over time. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scans carefully.
Places
Mexico
Reference
BG-13748-10
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

Tigridia van Houttei, a chromolithograph from Louis van Houtte's Flore des Serres et des Jardins de l'Europe, issued in Ghent in the nineteenth century. The sheet is lettered "Tigridia? Van Houttei Roezl" with the origin "Mexique" and the note "Châssis froid" (cold frame).

Four flowers open at the tops of upright stems, each with fringed petals in dark maroon and purple, and a yellow throat. The stems and buds are green, with long, ribbed, sword-shaped leaves sweeping across the sheet in an arching curve. At the lower left a small line drawing in outline shows the whole plant's habit, with its slender stems and narrow leaves.

The plant was named in honor of the Ghent nurseryman, and the Roman numeral at the foot marks its place in the volume. The origin on the plate, Mexico, was where the collector named in the lettering, Roezl, found it.

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