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Prepusa hookeriana, A Rare 19th-Century Botanical Print in Elegant Matting

Name: Prepusa hookeriana, A Rare 19th-Century Botanical Print in Elegant Matting
Brand: Original Botanical Prints
SKU: f_42819772
Price: 155 USD
Availability: InStock

£120

$155 · €140

Original print, not a reproduction

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Date: Not stated
Sheet size: 13.6 × 9.4 in (34.5 × 24 cm)
Condition: Good. The print is in very good condition with vibrant colors, clean paper, and no visible damage such as stains, foxing, or tears. Intact margins and careful matting enhance its presentation, making it well-preserved and ideal for display.
Collection: Flowers
Stock no.: f_42819772
Colour: Printed colour

What the condition grades mean

Excellent: Bright and clean, with no faults worth mentioning.
Very good: Only light signs of age, such as faint toning.
Good: Normal signs of age for a sheet of this period: toning, some foxing, small marks or neat old repairs.
Fair: Clear faults such as staining, tears or repairs, priced to match.

Every fault we see is written in the condition note, and the whole sheet is shown uncropped in the photos.

Prepusa hookeriana Gardn., a color lithograph of a Brazilian plant, issued as a plate in a Ghent horticultural work and credited to van Houtte. The plant name and authority are lettered beneath the image, with "Bresil" at the left and "Serre chaude" (hothouse) at the right, and a small plate number appears at the lower right.

The plant is drawn as a low tuft of narrow, pointed green leaves from which rise several slender red stems, each carrying a drooping, ribbed crimson flower bud that opens at the tip into a small white star. Sketches of floral detail, a stamen and a pistil, appear at the right, and the lithographer's credit is lettered in tiny type at the left edge of the image.

Prepusa hookeriana belongs to the gentian family and is native to Brazil. The Latin name honors the botanist Hooker. The label "Serre chaude" shows that European growers treated it as a hothouse plant, and the print records a plant introduced from the Brazilian highlands.