Paper & Print
Folio of Hand-Coloured Botanicals
$220
Six hand-coloured copperplate botanicals lifted from a French florilegium: peony, iris, rose, and three others, each a small study in patience and pigment.
Details
- Era
- circa 1840
- Origin
- France
- Material
- Engraving, watercolour, rag paper
- Dimensions
- Each leaf 14 in. × 10 in.
- Condition
- Bright and clean. Light foxing to two margins; colour strong.
- Six original leaves, not reproductions
- Hand-applied watercolour over engraving
- Heavy rag paper, deckled at one edge
- Sold unframed, in an archival sleeve
NoteFramed handsomely, they make a set for any wall.
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