The Blush Lily or Amaryllis. Volume LXXVI. Plate 1450.

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• ARTIST: William Curtis

• PUBLISHER: Published by Reeve & Benham, London.

• MEDIUM: Engraving, hand colored,

  DATE: 1850

• EDITION SIZE: Vignette image size 8 1/2 x 5" (21.5 x 13 cm).

• DESCRIPTION: William Curtis began publication of the Botanical Magazine in February 1787 and continued almost without interruption for 160 years. After Curtis edited the first 13 volumes, the publication continued under the editors: John Simms , William Jackson Hooker and Joseph Dalton Hooker. The images were engraved hand colored by many artists including Sydenham Edwards, William Graves, James Sowerby, John Curtis, William Jackson Hooker, W.H. Fitch, Matilda Smith, Lillian Snelling and Stella Rose Craig. The plates are known for their fine detail and delicate hand coloring. The prints are all copper engravings to Volume 70 & then stone or zinc lithography until the introduction of color printing in 1948. It is the longest running botanical magazine and was entirely hand colored until 1948.

• ADDITIONAL INFO: This piece is in a 11 x 14 inch mat for handling.

• CONDITION: Good condition and color.

• REFERENCE: Dunthorne 88.

• CATEGORIES: 18th-19th Century Subjects , Natural History - Botanicals , Other Plants