A New Book of Flowers
Print
15 January 1761 (published)
15 January 1761 (published)
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This charming set of six prints has a title page showing two loose posies of flowers and then five more plates each with three different single flower stems on each plate.
The flowers are not named but include tulip, lily of the valley, iris, carnation, rose, poppy, pansy and honeysuckle. This gives some idea of the range of flowers popular in the middle of the eighteenth century. This set of prints could be enjoyed by their owner just as prints or could have been purchased as inspiration for pastimes and trades such as watercolour painting, embroidery, engraving on silver objects or inlaying in wood.
Very unusually this set of prints survives in its original condition. The brown paper binding and the two thread stitches holding the plates together are just as they would have appeared to the person who paid 1 shilling and sixpence (seven and a half pence) for it in 1761.
The flowers are not named but include tulip, lily of the valley, iris, carnation, rose, poppy, pansy and honeysuckle. This gives some idea of the range of flowers popular in the middle of the eighteenth century. This set of prints could be enjoyed by their owner just as prints or could have been purchased as inspiration for pastimes and trades such as watercolour painting, embroidery, engraving on silver objects or inlaying in wood.
Very unusually this set of prints survives in its original condition. The brown paper binding and the two thread stitches holding the plates together are just as they would have appeared to the person who paid 1 shilling and sixpence (seven and a half pence) for it in 1761.
Object details
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| Title | A New Book of Flowers (Suite title) |
| Materials and techniques | Engraving on paper |
| Brief description | Augustin Heckel (after), 1 of 6 plates, including title plate, in original binding, 'A New Book of Flowers', London, published 1761. |
| Physical description | Six plates of flowers in original brown paper wrappers. Plate 1: Two posies each with a ribbon tie. One including tulip, lily of the valley, primrose and forget-me-not; the other including rose. Plate 2: Three individual stems: iris and two others Plate 3: Three individual stems: poppy, pansy and honeysuckle Plate 4: Three individual stems: Carnation and two others Plate 5: Three individual stems: Rose, larkspur and one other Plate 6: Three individual stems: marigold, passion flower and one other |
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| Summary | This charming set of six prints has a title page showing two loose posies of flowers and then five more plates each with three different single flower stems on each plate. The flowers are not named but include tulip, lily of the valley, iris, carnation, rose, poppy, pansy and honeysuckle. This gives some idea of the range of flowers popular in the middle of the eighteenth century. This set of prints could be enjoyed by their owner just as prints or could have been purchased as inspiration for pastimes and trades such as watercolour painting, embroidery, engraving on silver objects or inlaying in wood. Very unusually this set of prints survives in its original condition. The brown paper binding and the two thread stitches holding the plates together are just as they would have appeared to the person who paid 1 shilling and sixpence (seven and a half pence) for it in 1761. |
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| Accession number | E.938:2-2000 |
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| Record created | May 2, 2012 |
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