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



Wednesday, 17 June 2026

Botanical Artwork & Prints - Part 2

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 2 of a 5-part series on botanical illustration:

published 1730
hand coloured engraving, after Castels

before 1740 Wild Olive Tree, Pistachio Tree and Scarlet Horse Chestnut Tree
hand-coloured engraving, after Jacob van Huysum

 before 1740 Weymouth Pine and a Scotch Fir
hand-coloured engraving, after Jacob van Huysum

by 1740 Three-thorned Acacia Tree
hand-coloured engraving, afher Jacob van Huysum

by 1740 Cluster Pine
 hand-coloured engraving, after Jacob van Huysum

1740 Cistus by Georg D. Ehret
watercolour & bodycolour on vellum

1741 Gum Rockrose by George D. Ehret
watercolour & bodycolour on vellum

1742 Clinopodium by George D. Ehret
watercolour & bodycolour on vellum

1743-47 Bignonia
watercolour by Georg D. Ehret

1744 Plumeria
watercolour on vellum by Georg D. Ehret

1744 Lilio Narcissus
watercolour on vellum by Georg D. Ehret

1744 Cedrus Libani
watercolour by Georg D. Ehret

1745 Christmas Rose
watercolour and bodycolour on vellum by George D, Ehret

1745 Balsamina by George D. Ehret
watercolour & bodycolour on vellum

1748 Sherardia, Lilio-Narcissus and Arachidna
hand-coloured print, after George D. Ehret

1748 Abutilon and Convulvulus
hand-coloured print, after George D. Ehret

by 1749 Plumeria
hand-coloured print, after George D. Ehret

1749 Ceratocephalus, Martynia and Narcissus
 hand-coloured ink on paper, after George D. Ehret

1750 Papaya
hand-coloured engraving, after Georg D. Ehret

1755 Acanthus Spinosa
 hand-coloured engraving, after George D. Ehret

published 1557 Study of Amomum and Zingiber
hand coloured print, after George D. Ehret
 

c1764-1800 Tulip Study
watercolour by Mary Rosa RA

c1764-1800 Tulip study
watercolour by Mary Moser RA

c1764-1819 Tulips and another flower
watercolour by Mary Moser RA

c1764-1819 Sprig of Flowers
watercolour by Mary Moser RA

before 1770 Papaya Tree
hand-coloured print, after George D. Ehret

published Globe 1770-77 Flower
hand coloured engraving, after John Miller

1770-77 Helianthus annuus L.
hand-coloured engraving by Johann Sebastian Müller

1770-77 Citrus
 hand-coloured engraving by John Miller

c1770 Sweet Peas
hand-coloured engraving, after John Miller

c1770 Ficus
hand-coloured engraving, after John Miller

1770-90 Yu-Lan
watercolours on paper made in Guangzhou, China
 

published 1780-95 A plate from 'Herbier de la France'
colour engraving after Pierre Bulliard

before 1784 Richmond Park, London
watercolour by George Barret RA

published 1787-1826 Rudbeckia Pinnata
hand coloured engraving, after Sowerby

1790 Windflower
engraving after a watercolour by F. Sansom and Sydenham Teast

1791 Aloe Arborescens
watercolour by A. Power

1799-1801 Maize
engraving for the 'Fleurs dessinées d'après nature'.
Pierre-Francois Le Grand, after Gerard van Spaendonck. France, 1799-1801

c1800 Zantedeschia Aethiopica
watercolour by A. Power

c1800 Peonies
watercolour on vellum by A. Power

c1800 Magnolia Grandiflora
watercolour on vellum by A. Power

c1800  Arum Lily
watercolour by A. Power

1800s - early 1900s Two Purple Clematis Flowers
watercolour by Beatrix Potter

1800s - early 1900s Polyanthus
pencil on paper by Beatrix Potter

1800s Architectural design for an interior decoration 
bodycolour by Owen Jones

1800s Architectural design for an interior decoration 
bodycolour by Owen Jones

1800s Architectural design for an interior decoration 
bodycolour by Owen Jones

1800s Architectural design for an interior decoration 
bodycolour by Owen Jones

cMid 1800s Tree
watercolour by David Hall McKewan
 

cMid 1800s Tree on Riverbank
watercolour probably by David Hall McKewan