Hand-Colored Botanical Etchings from "Curtis' Botanical Magazine"
Item Details
Engraved by F. Sansom (British; active circa 1797 – 1810) after illustrations by Sydenham Teast Edwards (English, 1768 – 1819)
Ixia Patens, Pelargonium Pulchellum, Watsonia Roseo-Alba, and Trifolium Spacideum, 1801/1802
Hand-colored etchings on paper
Unsigned
Plates numbered 522, 524, 537, and 557 from Curtis’ Botanical Magazine, vol. 15 and 16
Published by William Curtis, London
Printed by Stephen Couchman, London
Artist and publisher information in plate to the lower margin, with plate numbers to upper right
Condition
- toning to ground with some spotting; imprint from back of sheet present; light fading to mats; minor marks to wood frames.
Dimensions
- measures each frame; plate for each averages 4.625″ × 7.75″
Item #
ITMG397861