Yellow Trumpet Flowers: Hand-Colore Botanical Engraving by Joseph Paxton , 1834

Description

A hand-colored engraving of yellow trumpet flowers from Sir Joseph Paxton's (1803-1865) "Magazine of Botany and Register of Flowering Plants", … more A hand-colored engraving of yellow trumpet flowers from Sir Joseph Paxton's (1803-1865) "Magazine of Botany and Register of Flowering Plants", published in 1834. This engraving entitled "Adenocalymma comosum" (Yellow Trumpet Vine) was engraved by L. Constans.
This colorful hand-colored print is presented in a marbled gold-colored frame with a double mat; the outer cream-colored mat and an inner French mat with cream and beige bands and a marbled gold-colored highlight band. The print is in excellent condition. An additional pair of hand colored engravings of Hibiscus and other flowers from the same publication is available. They are presented in the identical style frame, although slightly smaller, and with a similar but slightly different mat. See item LU117324373831. The pair sells for $700, but the set of three is priced at $950.
In the 19th century Europeans were enthusiastically hunting and gathering of previously unknown plants worldwide. These newly discovered botanical specimens were brought to Europe for cultivation. Sir Joseph Paxton included these discoveries as part of his floricultural monthly magazine. less