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Amaryllidaceae - Amaryllis Nestor+ Amaryllis Splendent From: The garden. An illustrated weekly journal of horticulture in all its branches by William Robinson (editor). London, 1887, July - December, volume 32, plate 614. Chromolithograph by G. Severeyns after painting by H.G. Moon (sheet 220 x 283 mm). Illustrated text enclosed. € 110
All gardeners owe an infinite debt of gratitude to
William Robinson - founder of The Garden
(1871-1927) and Flora and Sylva (1903-05), and author of The
English Flower Garden (1883, etc.) and other works - who helped to break
the tyranny of formal bedding and, like Ruskin, drew attention to the beauties
of the wild garden. Among the artists whom he employed was Henry Moon, who
struck a new and personal, if not entirely healthy, note in botanical
illustration. … (Blunt & Stearn). From 1880 Henry George Moon’s plant portraits
dominated the pages of
The Garden, a popular horticultural publication. Renowned for his lifelike
paintings of orchids, Moon appealed to Robinson because of his ability to sketch
flowers in a graceful, naturalistic style. The subtle colourings of his
paintings and simple arrangement of flowers were very unlike the more stylised
renderings that appeared in competitors’ publications. The beautiful
colour-plates were lithographed and printed by the Belgian firm G. Severeyns and
its successor J.L. Goffart, notable for their craftmanship.* Blunt & Stearn pp. 239-240; Nissen BBI 2264; B-P-H 391-10.
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