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 1 of a 5-part series on botanical illustration:
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| c1560-75 Strawberry and Emperor Moth watercolour and bodycolour on laid paper by unknown |
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| c1560-75 Stavesacre: Lavender watercolour by unknown (possibly by Jacques Le Moyne De Morgues) |
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| c1560-75 Pomegranate watercolour and bodycolour by unknown (possibly Jacques Le Moyne De Morgues) |
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| c1560-75 Millet: Water Chestnut by unknown (possibly Jacques Le Moyne De Morgues) |
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| c1560-75 Cob-nut watercolour by unknown (possibly Jacques Le Moyne De Morgues) |
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| 1560-75 Melon watercolour and body colour by unknown |
Before 1629 Book known as Hortus Eystettensis compiled by Basilius Besler:
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| 1654 Similacrum Scenographicum / Celeberrimi Horti Itzeinensis watercolour by Johann Jakob Walther |
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| published 1683 Bouquet of Flowers hand-coloured engraving, after unknown |
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| 1683 Bouquet of Flowers hand-coloured engraving after Nicolas Robert |
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| 1692-1749 Tulips, roses, poppies etc. in a basket watercolour by Jan Van Huysum |
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| Mid 1700s Cereus Cactus watercolour and gouache on vellum by George D. Ehret |
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| Mid 1700s A woody Landscape red chalk drawing by François Vivarès |
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| Late 1700s - early 1800s Persian Buttercup watercolour over graphite by anonymous |
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| 1700s Datura gouache on vellum by Johann Dietzsch |
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| c1710-70 Geranium by Georg D. Ehret watercolour & bodycolour on vellum |
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| c1710-70 Cytisus by Georg D. Ehret watercolour & bodycolour on vellum |
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| c1710-70 Colutea plant by Georg D. Ehret watercolour & bodycolour on vellum |
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| 1710-70 Lilio-Narcissus by Georg D. Ehret watercolour & bodycolour on vellum |
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| 1710-70 Geranium by George D. Ehret watercolour & bodycolour on vellum |
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| 1710-70 Gale by George D. Ehret watercolour & bodycolour on vellum |
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| 1710-70 Cistus by George D. Ehret watercolour & bodycolour on vellum |
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| 1710-70 Bauhinia by Georg D. Ehret watercolour & bodycolour on vellum |
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| 1710-70 Aster by George D. Ehret watercolour & bodycolour on vellum |
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| 1730 Double nasturtium, Spanish tree germander and dwarf colutea colour mezzotint by Jacob van Huysum |
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| 1730 Bermudas Cedar hand coloured engraving after Jacob van Huysum |
