If flowers and foliage can be said to speak, it is surely through the voice of botanical illustrators. Our Painted Botanicals journals feature images of orchids, wisteria, lilies and daisies, rendered by some of the finest illustrators in the history of the field.
Blooming Wisteria
Original Artwork: Wisteria Consequana from Joseph Paxton’s Magazine of Botany and Register of Flowering Plants
Era: mid-1800s
Region: England
Brazilian Orchid
Original Artwork: Cattleya Labiata from Joseph Paxton’s Magazine of Botany and Register of Flowering Plants
Era: Mid-1800s
Region: England
Gloriosa Lily
Original Artwork: Gloriosa Rothschildiana by H.G. Moon
Era: 1903
Region: England
Woodland Daisies
Original Artwork: Tridex Gaillardioides by H.G. Moon
Era: 1903
Region: England
As we experience a renaissance in botanical illustration, contemporary practitioners will certainly look to these masters for how best to be a voice for botanicals.
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