Friday, 19 June 2026

Botanical Artwork & Prints - Part 3

There is not much to say about botanical artwork prints. The prints are usually colour lithographs, the original artworks usually watercolour or gouache. This series features works from the 1560s to the mid 20th Century.

This is part 3 of a 5-part series on botanical illustration:

1800s Design for an interior decoration
  bodycolour by Owen Jones

Early 1800s Canna Iridiflora
watercolour by Johanne Knapp

Early 1800s Campanula Medium
watercolour by Johanne Knapp

Early 1800s Atropa Belladonna
watercolour by Johanne Knapp

Early 1800s Amaryllis Vittata
watercolour by Johanne Knapp

Early 1800s Hemerocallis Flava
watercolour by Johanne Knapp

Early 1800s Fumaria Obliquefolia
watercolour by Johanne Knapp

c. Early 1800s Angel's Trumpet?
watercolour possibly made in India

c. Early1800s Breadfruit Tree
watercolour possibly made in India

c. Early 1800s Cassia Plant
watercolour possibly made in India

c. Early1800s Careya Arborea
watercolour possibly made in India

c. Early 1800s Capparis Spinosa
watercolour possibly made in India

c. Early 1800s Caesalpinia Pulcherrima and
a Red-Vented Bulbul
watercolour possibly made in India

c. 1800s Ipomoea
watercolour possibly made in India

c. Early 1800s Grape Vine and Grapes
watercolour possibly made in India

c. Early 1800s early Custard Apple Tree
watercolour possibly made in India

c. Early 1800s Crinium
watercolour possibly made in India

c. Early 1800s Tamarind Tree with a Seed Pod
watercolour possibly made in India

c. Early 1800s Sacred Lotus
watercolour possibly made in India

c. Early 1800s Nymphaea Lotus
watercolour possibly made in India

c. Early 1800s Mango Tree with an Oriole perched
watercolour possibly made in India

c. Early 1800s Terminalia Catappa
watercolour possibly made in India

Early 1800s Rose of Sharon and Cineraria
watercolour by J. Hewlett

Series made in the 1800s - Baskets of Flowers, Canton, China:





















1800s Foxglove
watercolour by Thomas Holland

1800s Flowers
watercolour by Gregorious Jacobus Johannes van Os

1800s Two butterflies and shan fu rong (?)
by unkwown (China)

1800s Tree Study
watercolour by George E. Hering

1800s Tree Study
watercolour by George E. Hering

1800s Still life study of Flowers in a Vase
watercolour by Frances E. L. Harris

Late 1800s Green grapes on a stone pedestal
watercolour by Samuel McCloy

Late 1800s - Early 1900s Four sprigs of climbing ivy with berries and leaves
watercolour and pen and ink on card by Beatrix Potter

1801 The Maggot-bearing Stapelia
colour aquatint, with additional hand-colouring
by Peter Charles Thornton

Published 1804 The Snowdrop
coloured mezzotint and aquatint with some hand-colouring, after Pether Abraham

1806 American Bog-Plants
colour aquatint, with additional hand-colouring, after Phillip Reinagle

1807 Hollyhock
watercolour by James Sillett

1809 Study of Fruit
watercolour by Mary Bradley

1816-46 Landscape with two Trees
watercolour by George Henry Harrison

c1817 Passiflora
hand coloured engraving by James Sowerby

1822-40 Bananas
watercolour and ink, made in Guangzhou, China



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