Rhododendron shrub flower framed Victorian botanical art print
Description : 16 Apr, 2023
Rhododendron shrub flower framed Victorian botanical art print {Fleur d'arbuste de rhododendron encadrée impression d'art botanique victorienne}
A spectacular Victorian style botanical coloured reproduction of lithograph print of a Rhododendron shrub in bloom, including flowers and fruit. {Une spectaculaire reproduction colorée botanique de style victorien d'une lithographie d'un arbuste Rhododendron en fleur, pris des fleurs et des fruits.} Incredible attention to detail. Beautifully coloured matting and carved wood frame. {Passe-partout joliment coloré et cadre en bois sculpté.} Lithograph and matting is glass covered. Classic Victorian looking carved wood frame.
Printed text along base of print: • Reeve, Benham and Reeve, imp.: name of the printer. • J.D.L. del. Fitch. Lith.: name of the artist who produced the lithograph • Rhododendron Campbellae, Hook. Fil.: name of the species in Latin (scientific name)
Print on backing paper: The Bombay Company, P.O. Box 79186, Fort Worth, Texas 76137. EM# 545-8220
Overall in excellent vintage condition. From a non-smoking household. Backing paper has 3 small tears, which is a minor issue as it can be replaced easily. Frame is sound structurally, with some minor scratches and dings.
Dimensions of frame: 26.75” Wide x 31.75” High; Exposed lithograph: 12” Wide x 17” High
Asking price: $145. Reduced from $295 parable was priced at $470 on E-Bay with a less nice frame. Can be delivered for a reasonable fee, within the Ottawa / Gatineau / Montreal areas.
Item is located at the Nostalgia Warehouse (Antiques, Vintage and Collectables) shop, at 233C Armstrong Street, Ottawa, ON, just west of Parkdale Avenue and the Carleton Tavern, and north of the Parkdale Market. Shop phone: 613-695-1966. Please call ahead to arrange curb-side pick-up during Covid-19 closure periods.
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Background info: Walter Hood Fitch (28 February 1817 – 1892) was a botanical illustrator, born in Glasgow, Scotland, who executed some 10,000 drawings for various publications. His work in colour lithograph, including 2700 illustrations for Curtis's Botanical Magazine, produced up to 200 plates per year.
Fitch was involved in fabric printing from the age of 17 and took to botanical art after meeting William Jackson Hooker, Regius Professor of Botany, petent botanical illustrator, and the editor of Curtis's Botanical Magazine. Fitch's first lithograph of Mimulus roseus appeared in the Botanical Magazine in 1834, and he soon became its sole artist. In 1841 W.J. Hooker became director of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and Fitch moved to London. After 1841 Fitch was the sole artist for all official and unofficial publications issued by Kew; his work was paid for by Hooker personally. It was not unusual for him to work on several different publications simultaneously; he could draw directly onto the lithographic stone to save time. These chromolithographs were based on botanical illustrations provided by Hooker and others, and produced some of his most spectacular results.
When J. D, Hooker returned from his travels in India, Fitch prepared lithographs from Hooker's sketches for his Rhododendrons of Sikkim Himalaya (1849–51) and, from the drawings of Indian artists, for his Illustrations of Himalayan Plants (1855).
The standard author abbreviation Fitch is used to indicate this individual as the author when citing a botanical name. Fitch was made a fellow of the Linnean Society in 1857. He died 14 January 1892 and is buried in Richmond Old Cemetery.
Hooker, Joseph Dalton (1849), Hooker, William Jackson (ed.), The rhododendrons of Sikkim-Himalaya : being an account, botanical and geographical, of the rhododendrons recently discovered in the mountains of Eastern Himalaya, London: Reeve, Benham, and Reeve
Tags: Ottawa Field Naturalists Club; Darwin; botany; botanist
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