Subject: Botanicals
Period: 1880 (circa)
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Color: Printed Color
Size:
5 x 8 inches
12.7 x 20.3 cm
A colorful group of fifteen chromolithographed botanical plates. This group covers a variety of flower types with most plates featuring several similar varieties. Includes Corn Blue Bottle, Centaury, Furze, Briar Rose, Crane's Bill, Lady Slipper, Willow Herb, Yellow Water Iris, Crocus, Sloe Berry, Alyssum, Buttercup, Anemone, Crowfoot, Clover, and Irish Rose. One of the most successful female botanical artists of her time, Anne Pratt wrote and illustrated twenty books on botany aimed primarily at a popular audience.
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Condition: B+
A few plates with some light foxing, still very attractive.
