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Antique Botanical Lithographs, Caladium, Arum Lily & Flamingo Flower, c.1897
No. f_46490032189715.9 × 24 cm
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Antique Botanical Lithographs, Caladium, Arum Lily & Flamingo Flower, c.1897
€340
$385 · £290
Original print, not a reproduction
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- Date
- 1897
- Sheet size
- 9.4 × 6.3 in (24 × 15.9 cm)
- Condition
- Very good, with light age toning consistent with age, and minimal handling marks at the margins. Colors remain fresh and well-preserved. Plate marks are clearly visible, adding to their authenticity. Frame is not included.
- Collection
- Flowers
- Era
- 1850 and after, Chromolithographs and plant hunters
- Stock no.
- f_46490032
Three tropical foliage and flowering plants, late 19th-century botanical plates printed in color, shown here as a set of three sheets. The plants are Caladium bicolor, the Arum Lily (Richardia africana) and the Flamingo Flower (Anthurium scherzerianum).
The first plate shows Caladium with heart-shaped leaves marked in green, white and crimson veins, together with a few small flower details. The second shows the Arum Lily, a white spathe curled around a yellow spadix, with broad arrow-shaped leaves and small flower details. The third shows the Flamingo Flower, with glossy red spathes, a twisting orange spadix and a tuft of roots, with two small flower details at the lower right.
Caladium and Anthurium come from tropical Central and South America, while the Arum Lily is a native of southern Africa. All three were widely grown in the conservatories and glasshouses of the Victorian period, when new tropical plants were collected and sold across Europe.
