Wednesday, 24 June 2026

Botanical Artwork & Prints - Part 5

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 5 of a 5-part series on botanical illustration:

c1880 Yellow Primrose Flowers
watercolour over pencil by Beatrix Potter

c1880 Roses and Carnations
watercolour over pencil  by Beatrix Potter

c1880 Fruit and Flowers
watercolour over pencil by Beatrix Potter

c1880 Carnations in a jug
watercolour over pencil by Beatrix Potter

before 1881 Lilac
gouache by Eli Christel

before 1881 Iris and Columbine
gouache by Eli Christel

1881 Pollarded Willow Tree
watercolour over pencil by Beatrix Potter

1881 Four Marguerite Heads
watercolour over pencil by Beatrix Potter

1883 A blue vase with pink and white pelargoniums
watercolour by Beatrix Potter

1885 by Elm Tree
pencil and watercolour by unknown

c1900-35 The Window Sill
watercolour on paper by David Wilson

c1900-37 Sunflowers 
watercolour by Jacob Epstein

c1900 Blackcurrants and Raspberries
watercolour over pencil by Beatrix Potter

c1900 A walled garden terrace with view of mountains in the background
watercolour and pen and ink on paper by Beatrix Potter

c1903 Study of a Tree Trunk
watercolour by Beatrix Potter

c1903 Carnations
watercolour and pen and ink by Beatrix Potter

1903 A path on planks through a vegetable patch
watercolour and pencil on paper by Beatrix Potter

1903 A Pear Tree growing against a wall
watercolour by Beatrix Potter

c1905 Garden in Sawrey
watercolour and pen-and-ink on paper by Beatrix Potter

1906 Waterlilies
watercolour and pen-and-ink on paper by Beatrix Potter

1906 Lily Pads
watercolour and pen and ink by Beatrix Potter

1910s Magnolia Flowers
colour woodcut by Mary Emmeline Batten

c1910s-1923 Red Carnations
colour woodcut by Fritz Lang, Germany

c1910s-1923 Cornflowers
colour woodcut by Fritz Lang, Germany

c1910s-1923 Columbine
colour woodcut by Fritz Lang, Germany

c1910s-1923 Bluebells in a Bowl
colour woodcut by Fritz Lang, Germany

c1910s-1923 Blue Dahlias
colour woodcut by Fritz Lang, Germany

c1915-30 Flower piece
watercolour by Vanessa Bell

c1920 Wildflowers
watercolour by Burt Barnes

c1920 Chrysanthemum
colour woodblock print by Yoshhijiro Urushibara, Japan

1930-36 Blossom
watercolour on paper by Jacob Epstein

c1934 Slipper Orchids
watercolour by Lily Blatherwick

c1951 Oats
photograph (gum bichromate print) by George Halford

c1953 Cactus: Adult Female with Young
Photograph (gum bichromate print) by George Halford

Note: Dates were not found for the remainder of this post:

A Bowl of Flowers
 watercolour

A Delphinium and a Moth
bodycolour on black prepared paper watercolour

Cymbidium Eburneum, Cattleya Mossiae and Lily of the Valley
watercolour by Agnes Dundas

Convolvulus Plants
gouache by Eli Christel

Flowers in a decorated bowl
watercolour by unknown

Flowers in a decorated bowl
watercolour by unknown

Flowers in a decorated bowl
watercolour by unknown

Group of Fruits on a Table
watercolour by Eli Christel

Japanese Anemone and Honorine Jobert
watercolour by Agnes Dundas

n.d. Oak Tree
pen and ink wash by unknown

Several flowers and Succulent
watercolour by Robert Yarrow

Tea roses, devoniensis, cyclamen persicum and spirea japonica
watercolour by Agnes Dundas
 

Watercolour study of two Treetops
watercolour by A. Bainbrigge

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