Original Antique Botanical Print
A beautiful, hand finished chromolithograph entitled
STOBAEA SPHAEROCEPHALA
Round - headed Stoboea
Drawn by Walter Fitch for
" Curtis's Botanical Magazine"
or
"Flower Garden Displayed".
Plate 5715 Published 1868
These fine, vibrant engravings are highly desirable, superbly decorative & quite rare, so they are considered very collectable.
Accompanying the print are associated , dated botanical notes.
Fine, virtually unmarked condition. Credited within the plate .
Measuring approx. approx 9"x 5"( 230mm x 130mm) overall.
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Walter Hood Fitch (28 February 1817 – 1892) was a botanical illustrator, born in Glasgow, who executed some 10,000 drawings for various publications. He illustrated some 2700 plants for Curtis's Botanical Magazine.
A GENUINE ANTIQUE PRINT GUARANTEED OVER 140 YEARS OLD FROM LINDISFARNE PRINTS
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