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Rosaceae - Mespilus japonica From: Transactions of the Horticultural Society of London. London, 1819, volume 3, plate 40. Hand-coloured aquatint by William Hooker (sheet 283 x 403 mm with folds; under passe-partout). Text enclosed. € 150
The Transactions of the Horticultural Society, which appeared in ten volumes between 1805 and 1848, introduce us
to several draughtsmen of note … (Blunt). Wm. Hooker did the majority of the
plates in the first five volumes, including many fine fruit plates which
outnumber those of flowers. … A number of fine plates, carefully coloured, some
of very fine-grained aquatint, the fruit prints in particular comparing with the
best of Hooker’s work, … (Dunthorne). William Hooker was the official artist to
the Horticultural Society of London.* Pritzel 10.860; Dunthorne 142; Blunt p. 214; Great flower books p. 85; Nissen BBI 2387. |
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