Floral Illustrations and Designs

Elegant floral prints showing various blooms in detailed arrangements. The illustrations often showcase an artistic approach to botanical subjects.

16) Flower composition; Frankenberger, Tobias (1627-1664; m 1662 (1662-00-00-1662-00-00);

Insects, Orange Lily, Caterpillar, Apple, and Horse Fly; Joris Hoefnagel (Flemish , Hungarian, 1542 - 1600), and Georg Bocskay (Hungarian, died 1575); Vienna, Austria; 1561 - 1562; illumination added 1591 - 1596; Watercolors, gold and silver paint, and ink on parchment; Leaf: 16.6 x 12.4 cm (6 9,16 x 4 7,8 in.)

Design for an Embroidered Border of the 'Fabrique de St. Ruf', Fabrique de Saint Ruf, Lyon, France, Brush and gouache, incised lines on glazed tracing paper, A currant stem rises beside a reed border and a torus. Written in ink, top left: 'P 217'., France, 1790-1800, Drawing, Drawing

Hybrid yellow chrysanthemum, Chrysanthemum indicum. Handcoloured woodblock print after Keika Hasegawa from Keika Hyakugiku, Keika's 100 Chrysanthemums, published by Naosaburo Yamada, Kyoto, Japan, 1893. Keika Hasegawa drew flowers and patterns for kimono in Kyoto in the final years of the 19th century.

Page from Shi Zhu Zhai China. Page from Shi Zhu Zhai. China. Polychrome woodblock print; ink and color on paper. Qing dynasty (1644-1911), Kangxi period (1662-1722). Prints

Fragment, Medium: silk, metallic thread, gold paint Technique: embroidered using satin, stem and couching stiches on satin weave; painted, Small fragment with a bouquet of multicolored flowers (carnation and tulips) and leaves tied with a ribbon. Satin weave ground is painted gold., France, early 18th century, embroidery & stitching, Fragment

On a table plums, grapes and strawberries with some twigs with leaves are displayed. On the top leaf sits a butterfly., Fruits, branches and a butterfly on a table, print maker: Jan Evert Morel (I), print maker: Hermanus Fock, Amsterdam, 1779 - 1808, paper, etching, h 202 mm × w 150 mm

Tulp (Tulipa). Tulp. / Tulipa. / Tulipe. (title on object). Draughtsman: anonymous. Dating: 1790 - 1814. Place: Southern Netherlands. Measurements: h 233 mm × w 149 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

French Rose and Apple.

James Bruce, 1730-1794, British, Mimusops kummel A. DC. : finished drawing with some flowers, undated. Watercolor and gouache over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper.

. Boophone haemantoides F.M. Leighton; Hottentotse giftbol, genaamd caamiep.

Decorative Illustration, from The Illuminated Language of Flowers Published 1884 England. Color wood engraving (chromoxylograph) reproduction of a watercolor on paper . Kate Greenaway

Luigi Balugani, 1737-1770, Italian, Protea Gaguedi, undated. Graphite on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper.

Cowslip or primrose, Primula vulgaris, and water violet, Hottonia palustris. Handcoloured botanical copperplate engraving by an unknown artist from "Culpeper's English Family Physician; or Medical Herbal Enlarged, with Several Hundred Additional Plants, Principally from Sir John Hill," by Joshua Hamilton, London, W. Locke, 1792.

Piece 1858 British. Piece 222585

(Untitled). Date: 1875. Watercolor on paper. Museum: Smithsonian American Art Museum.

. Embroidered tableau with a presentation of a wide-abstract bottle in which a bouquet of flowers. The vase is in a semicircular niche. At the bottom right, the work is signed in embroidery stitch: W. Haelwegh 1650.

Rose du Roi, a hybrid raised from the Portland rose, Rosa portlandica, by Monsieur Souchet in Sevres, 1819. Chromolithograph drawn and lithographed after nature by F. Grobon from Hippolyte Jamain and Eugene Forney's "Les Roses," Paris, J. Rothschild, 1873. Jamain was a rose grower and Forney a professor of arboriculture. François Frédéric Grobon (1815-1901) ran his own atelier and illustrated "Fleurs" after Redoute with his brother Anthelme as the Grobon freres.

Edo, Tsutaya Juzaburo (Koshodo), Utamaro, Kitagawa, Grasshopper and dragonfly by pink carnations, Red dragonfly and locust by pinks, Pages 11b and 12a in volume two of Utamaro's Insect Book., page, prints, images, Japan (collection), height 250 mm, width 180 mm, Japanese, 1753 - 1806, print maker, printmaker, 1788 - 1788, fourth quarter 18th century, paper, mica, color woodcut, Publication (Event), Publication, publisher

Dictamnus albus. Date/Period: From 1649 until 1659. Painting. Gouache. Height: 505 mm (19.88 in); Width: 385 mm (15.15 in). Author: HANS SIMON HOLTZBECKER.

Twee tulpen met libelle, spin en hommel. General Gouda / Agata Fenis de Enchuysse (title on object). Draughtsman: Jacob Marrel (mentioned on object). Dating: 1637. Measurements: h 265 mm × w 335 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Title Page and Eight Prints with Flowers, Caspar Luyken, 1698 print Print at the top right marked: p. 363. Amsterdam paper etching plants and herbs

Paul Neron rose, scarlet hybrid raised by Monsieur Levet in Lyon in 1869. Chromolithograph drawn and lithographed after nature by F. Grobon from Hippolyte Jamain and Eugene Forney's "Les Roses," Paris, J. Rothschild, 1873. Jamain was a rose grower and Forney a professor of arboriculture. François Frédéric Grobon (1815-1901) ran his own atelier and illustrated "Fleurs" after Redoute with his brother Anthelme as the Grobon freres.

Roses with silhouette portraits of Willem I Frederik, King of the Netherlands, Wilhelmina van Prussen, their children, his mother and his sister. Roses with between the leaves silhouette portraits of Willem I Frederik, Wilhelmina, their son Willem II with a wife Anna Paulowna, their children Frederik and Marianne, his mother Wilhelmina and his sister Louise hidden. Dutch text in the bottom margin twelve rules. Loose explanatory text in letterpress.

CODEX TRUJILLO, PERU - BOOK III - CLAV STAMP - BEJUCO - AQUARELA - 18TH CENTURY. Location: PALACIO REAL-BIBLIOTECA. MADRID. SPAIN.

Leverbloempje (Anemone hepatica, oude naam: Hepatica nobilis). Edel Leverkruijd van veele soorten. / Hepatica nobilis var. gener. / hepatique de plusiers Espèces (title on object). Draughtsman: Anselmus Boëtius de Boodt. Draughtsman: Elias Verhulst. Dating: 1596 - 1610. Place: Praag. Measurements: h 231 mm × w 182 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Rouvenat, Léon (1809-1874). Pin. Graphite pencil, watercolor wash and white gouache enhancement on tray paper glued on paper. n.d .. Petit Palais, Museum of Fine Arts in the city of Paris

A pencil and watercolor vignette by Julius Victor Berger depicting poppy seeds, with black spring highlights, emphasizing texture and botanical detail.

Design for a Decorative Tablet, John La Farge, American, 1835-1910, Graphite and watercolor on paper, Vertical panel showing a vase of Easter lilies against a blue background, and six flower rosettes in the frame. Verso: pencil sketch of a similar motif., USA, 1880-1900, architecture, interiors, Drawing, Drawing

Bouquet of Spring Flowers in a Terracotta Vase. Dated: 1720s. Dimensions: sheet: 39.6 x 30.7 cm (15 9/16 x 12 1/16 in.). Medium: oiled charcoal and watercolor on laid paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: JAN VAN HUYSUM.

Motherwort, Leonurus cardiaca, and cornflower, Centaurea cyanus. Handcoloured woodblock engraving of a botanical illustration from Adam Lonicer's Krauterbuch, or Herbal, Frankfurt, 1557. This from a 17th century pirate edition or atlas of illustrations only, with captions in Latin, Greek, French, Italian, German, and in English manuscript.

My good friends, I only want your property, I want all your good, I want all your good ... Auguste Bouquet (1810-1846). Press cartoon. "My good friends, I only want your property, I want all your good, I want all your good ...". Board published in "caricature" of November 28, 1833. Lithography. Paris, House of Balzac.

CODEX TRUJILLO, PERU - BOOK III - ESTAMPA XVIII - HABILLA - AQUARELA - 18TH CENTURY. Author: MARTINEZ COMPAÑON BALTASAR. Location: PALACIO REAL-BIBLIOTECA. MADRID. SPAIN.

The drawing is part of an album, Two tulips with shell and flying beetle La bella sultana / Tamerlan, draughtsman: Jacob Marrel, (mentioned on object), 1639, parchment (animal material), brush, h 265 mm × w 335 mm

Rosa Damascena, Rose, historical noble rose, rose breeding, illustration from 1799, historically, digitally restored reproduction of a template from the 19th century, Record Date Not Stated

Reproduction of a painting: Stanisław Ejsmond (1894-1939), Poppies; from: `Tygodnik Ilustrowany` 1913, no. 26 (June 28th), p. 503. Tygodnik Ilustrowany (Warszawa ; czasopismo ; 1859-1939), publisher

I am Thine Only Thine (valentine) 1835-1845 England. Watercolor with pen and black ink on embossed ivory laid paper . George Meek

Decorative Panels with Flowers (2 of 3). School of Pillement. Oil on canvas. 104.8 x 61cm.

Cabbage, Brassica oleracea, and rampion bellflower, Campanula rapunculus. Handcoloured woodblock engraving of a botanical illustration from Adam Lonicer's Krauterbuch, or Herbal, Frankfurt, 1557. This from a 17th century pirate edition or atlas of illustrations only, with captions in Latin, Greek, French, Italian, German, and in English manuscript.

Why Should I Blush (valentine) 1845-1855 England. Collaged elements and pen and blue ink, with watercolor on lithograph in gold ink on cut and embossed off-white wove paper . George Kershaw

Grapes / grapes pl. 6. From the series Study of Nature colored version, Paris London La Haye Berlin New York, 1861, print. Lemercier, ed. Goupil & Cie M. Knoedler Dumont, Victor (Fl. 1856 1861), Imprimerie Lemercier (Pary), Goupil & Cie, Knoedler, Michael (1823 1878)

Tricolor violet (Viola tricolor) and apple (Malus pumila), Tricolor violet and apple. FIGs. 43 and 44 on a sheet hand numbered 23. In: Anselmi Boetii de Boot I.C. Brugensis & Rodolphi II. Imp. Novel. medici a cubiculis Florum, Herbarum, ac fructuum selectiorum icones, & vires pleraeque hactenus ignotæ. Part of the album with sheets and plates from De Boodt's herbarium from 1640. The twelfth of twelve albums with watercolors of animals, birds and plants known around 1600, commissioned by Emperor Rudolf II, fruits: apple, flowers: violet, anonymous, 1604 - 1632 and/or 1640, paper, ink, watercolor (paint), engraving, h 135 mm × w 205 mm h 160 mm × w 230 mm

Drawing, Design for a Woven Fabric; France; brush and green, yellow, red, and brown watercolor on white paper; 34.7 × 23.1 cm (13 11/16 × 9 1/8 in.)

MUSK ROSES PERSONIFIED Date: 1906

Tawny rajah butterfly, Charaxes bernardus (Papilio bernardus) on a camellia, Camellia japonica. Taken from Edward Donovan's "An Epitome of the Natural History of the Insects of China," 1798. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Bertuch's "Bilderbuch fur Kinder" (Picture Book for Children), Weimar, 1807. Friedrich Johann Bertuch (1747-1822) was a German publisher and man of arts most famous for his 12-volume encyclopedia for children illustrated with 1,200 engraved plates on natural history, science, costume, mythology, etc., published from 1790-1830.

Artist: Johann Jakob Haid, German 1704-1767, After: Georg Dionysius Ehret, German, 1708-1770, Ficus carica, pl. LXXIII from Plantae Selectae (Nuremberg,1750-73), Engraving, hand colored, Sheet: 45.5 × 30.1 cm (17 15/16 × 117/8in.), Made in Germany, German, 18thcentury, Works on Paper -Prints

Design Drawing. Artist: Tiffany & Co. (1837-present). Culture: American. Dimensions: 24 3/8 x 19 in. (61.9 x 48.3 cm). Date: ca. 1893. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

The Superb Lily. Dated: 1799. Dimensions: plate: 48.5 x 35.8 cm (19 1/8 x 14 1/8 in.) sheet: 51 x 39 cm (20 1/16 x 15 3/8 in.). Medium: mezzotint with etching on wove paper proof. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: William Ward after Philip Reinagle.

Cowbane or northern water hemlock, Cicuta virosa. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by P. Haas from Dr. Friedrich Gottlob Hayne's Medical Botany, Berlin, 1822. Hayne (1763-1832) was a German botanist, apothecary and professor of pharmaceutical botany at Berlin University.

Untitled Valentine (Pink Flower) 1825 Germany. Watercolor and pen and brown ink on buff wove paper . Unknown artist

Fine-leaved lupin, Lupinus leptophyllus. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by S. Watts after an illustration by Miss Drake from Sydenham Edwards' "The Botanical Register," London, Ridgway, 1834. Sarah Anne Drake (1803-1857) drew over 1,300 plates for the botanist John Lindley, including many orchids.

Pomegranate, Worm, and Peach; Joris Hoefnagel (Flemish , Hungarian, 1542 - 1600), and Georg Bocskay (Hungarian, died 1575); Vienna, Austria; 1561 - 1562; illumination added 1591 - 1596; Watercolors, gold and silver paint, and ink on parchment; Leaf: 16.6 x 12.4 cm (6 9,16 x 4 7,8 in.)

Nouvelle Suite de Cahiers de Desseins Chinois, numéro 2 . Pillement, Jean, 1728-1808. 1750 - 1799. Allen, Anne, active ca. 1760. Prints. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection

Image reproduction: Stanis Aw Ejsmond (1894-1939), Flowers; Z: "Tygodnik Ilustrowany" 1913, No. 5 (February 1), p. 86; Tygodnik Ilustrowany (Warsaw; magazine; 1859-1939); 1913 (1883-00-00-1883-00-00);

Paris, Langlois, Nicolas (I), France, Ducerceau, Paul Androuet, Ornemens à la mode, Three friezes of leaves and flowers, The leaves and flowers sprout from a calyx in the middle. Sheet from a series of 12., print, ornamental print, prints, ornamental prints, height 287 mm, width 201 mm, French, 1630 - 1710-02-01, print maker, printmaker, 1670 - 1685, third quarter 17th century, fourth quarter 17th century, paper, papier, etching, etchings, Work conception, after a design by, Publication (Event), Publication, 1640 - 1703, publisher

Drakenwortel (Dracunculus vulgaris). Draecken wortel. / Dracuntium Serpentaria / Serpentine. (title on object). Draughtsman: Anselmus Boëtius de Boodt. Draughtsman: Elias Verhulst. Dating: 1596 - 1610. Place: Praag. Measurements: h 255 mm × w 176 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Crooked neck (Anchusa arvensis) and mouse thorn (Ruscus aculeatus), Crooked neck and mouse thorn. FIGs. 31 and 32 on a sheet hand numbered 17. In: Anselmi Boetii de Boot I.C. Brugensis & Rodolphi II. Imp. Novel. medici a cubiculis Florum, Herbarum, ac fructuum selectiorum icones, & vires pleraeque hactenus ignotæ. Part of the album with sheets and plates from De Boodts herbarium from 1640. The twelfth of twelve albums with watercolors of animals, birds and plants known around 1600, commissioned by Emperor Rudolf II, anonymous, 1604 - 1632 and/or 1640, paper, ink, watercolor (paint), engraving, h 135 mm × w 205 mm h 160 mm × w 230 mm

Christmas cards with flowers, psalms and biblical scenes.. Proofs, Greeting cards. 1865 - 1899. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection. Flowers

Gewone ereprijs of gamander-ereprijs (Veronica chamaedrys). Chamaedrijs. / Chamedris fuschij, Teucrium pratense. / Germandrée. Chesnette (title on object). Draughtsman: Anselmus Boëtius de Boodt. Draughtsman: Elias Verhulst. Dating: 1596 - 1610. Place: Praag. Measurements: h 300 mm × w 174 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Twelve Months of Fruit: May, 1732. Henry Fletcher (British, active 1715-38). Engraving, hand-colored; sheet: 51.8 x 40 cm (20 3/8 x 15 3/4 in.); platemark: 43.2 x 34.8 cm (17 x 13 11/16 in.).

Trade cards depicting men, a woman, flowers, a bird, corn, a canoe, a river, a broom and advertisements.. Trade cards. 1876 - 1890. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection. Birds, Corn, Canoes

Print made by John Bell, 1811-1895, British, The Web, undated. Etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper with cream chine collé.

Maize or corn, Zea mays, and oats, Avena sativa. Handcoloured woodblock engraving of a botanical illustration from Adam Lonicer's Krauterbuch, or Herbal, Frankfurt, 1557. This from a 17th century pirate edition or atlas of illustrations only, with captions in Latin, Greek, French, Italian, German, and in English manuscript.

Apocynum gurassavicum americanum and Schwaich, Schwaig, Bergnersdorf, garden design, Nuremberg Hesperides, Nuremberg Hesperides Gardens by Johann Christoph Volkamer, 1710, Nuremberg, Bavaria, Germany, digitally restored reproduction of an 18th century original, exact original date not known, Europe

Peach varieties, Prunus persica: Late Admirable, blossom, Double Mountain and Red Magdalen. Handcoloured stipple engraving of an illustration by George Brookshaw from his own "Pomona Britannica," London, Longman, Hurst, etc., 1817. The quarto edition of the original folio edition published from 1804-1812. Brookshaw (1751-1823) was a successful cabinet maker who disappeared in the 1790s before returning as a flower painter with the anonymous "New Treatise on Flower Painting," 1797.

Still life with fruits. Draughtsman: Guillaume Anne van der Brugghen. Dating: 1821 - 1891. Measurements: h 180 mm × w 223 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Dragonfly, Pear, Carnation, and Insect; Joris Hoefnagel, Flemish / Hungarian, 1542 - 1600, and Georg Bocskay, Hungarian, died 1575; Vienna, Austria, Europe; 1561 - 1562; illumination added 1591 - 1596; Watercolors, gold and silver paint, and ink on parchment; Leaf: 16.6 x 12.4 cm (6 9/16 x 4 7/8 in.)

A happy Christmas.. A happy Christmas.

Anemoon (Anemone). Anemonie met Bol-Wortel / Anemone tuberosa Radice. / Anemone avec de tubercules pour racines (title on object). Draughtsman: Anselmus Boëtius de Boodt. Draughtsman: Elias Verhulst. Dating: 1596 - 1610. Place: Praag. Measurements: h 257 mm × w 183 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Grasshoppers at three Kaki's, Anonymous, 1800 - 1899 Japan paper Japan paper

Glycine botanical study. Lithograph by M. P. Verneuil with pochoir (stencil) handcoloring from Eugene Grasset's Plants and their Application to Ornament, Paris, 1897. Eugene Grasset (1841-1917) was a Swiss artist whose innovative designs inspired the art nouveau movement at the end of the 19th century.

Valentine: Puzzle Purse. Artist: Anonymous, British or American, 19th century. Dimensions: Sheet: 12 5/8 × 12 3/16 in. (32 × 31 cm). Date: 1826.This is a Valentine in folding squares - called a Puzzle Purse. Nine squares are each folded diagonally and, when folded, create an enclosed packet. All sides are painted with hearts and messages of love, which are numbered alphabetically. Once opened, it is a challenge to reassemble. This is on English watermarked paper, but may possibly be an American composition. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Shop Sign. Dated: 1937. Dimensions: overall: 40.6 x 51.1 cm (16 x 20 1/8 in.) Original IAD Object: 18" x 22" (approx). Medium: watercolor and graphite on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Henry Murphy.

Limon Bergamotte per sonzin gientile und Garten des Herrn Tucher, Tuchergarten, Gartengestaltung, Nürnbergische Hesperides von Johann Christoph Volkamer, 1710 / garden, Illustration from Nürnbergische Hesperides garden, 1710, Historisch, historical, digital improved reproduction of an original from the 18th century / digital restaurierte Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 18. Jahrhundert, genaues Originaldatum nicht bekannt.

Wall Tile - William de Morgan Collection, 1873-1888. Designer: William de Morgan. Manufacturer: Architectural Pottery Co

Della Bella, Stefano (dit Étienne de la Belle) (n.1610-05-18-D.1664-08-22), vignettes for the book dendrologie or La Forest de Dodonne by M. Jacques Howel, four groups of trees on two rows and numbered. Third issue of a series of 3 rooms (A. de Vesme 945. Dutuit 82) (main title). Etching. Petit Palais, Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris.

illustration by Henri Caruchet (1873 - 1948), for Byblis, Paris, 1901; written by Pierre Louys (1870-1925). Pierre Louys was a French writer and poet most famous for the inclusion of lesbian and classical themes in his works. In Greek mythology, Byblis or Bublis, was a daughter of Miletus. Her mother was either Tragasia, Cyanee, daughter of the river-god Meander, or Eidothea, daughter of King Eurytus of Caria. She fell in love with Caunus, her twin brother.

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