Botanical Prints: Subjects & Themes
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Trees And Leaves
Foliage, branches, and tree portraits from botanical and forestry works.
350 worksBotany -- Pictorial Works
161 worksFrance
153 worksBotany
86 worksBotany -- Canada
70 worksFruit
Pomological plates recording apples, pears, grapes and more for growers and collectors.
58 worksBirds
Bird plates, including those of Audubon, often set among plants and branches.
49 worksFlowers
44 worksConifers
40 worksTrees -- Great Britain
40 worksWeeds -- Canada
40 worksEngland
37 worksRoses
The favourite flower of the florilegium, most famously the subject of Redoute's Les Roses.
37 worksBotany -- Great Britain
35 worksLeaves
33 worksLilies
Elegant studies of lilies, from early herbals to Redoute's Les Liliacees.
32 worksPlants
29 worksTulips
Tulips of the Dutch tulip trade and the florilegium, shown in countless colour breaks.
24 worksBotany -- California
16 worksInsects And Butterflies
Butterflies, moths, and their host plants, in the tradition of Merian.
16 worksWild Flowers
16 worksWild Flowers -- California
16 worksFerns
Fern studies, including the nature-printed plates of the Victorian fern craze.
12 worksCeramic
9 worksDerby
9 worksNetherlands
8 worksGermany
7 worksCacti And Succulents
Sculptural cacti and succulents, which fascinated collectors and botanists alike.
6 worksIrises
Iris plates showing the distinctive flower form, from herbal woodcuts to chromolithographs.
6 worksPopular Instrumental Music
6 worksBooks
5 worksButterflies
5 worksPiano Music
5 worksInsects
4 worksPopular Music
4 worksAirplanes
3 worksAirships
3 worksGirls
3 worksIran
3 worksOrchids
Exotic orchids, the great Victorian craze, drawn for botanical journals and lavish albums.
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