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Hong Kong rose (Rhodoleia Championi).

  • ARTIST: Louis van Houtte

  • MEDIUM: Chromolithograph,

    DATE: 1845-80.

  • EDITION SIZE: Image size vignette 7 5/8 x 5" (190 x 128 mm).

  • DESCRIPTION: This chromolithograph of a Hong Kong rose (Rhodoleia championi) is from "Flora des Serres et des Jardins de l'Europe" and finished by hand by Louis Van Houtte, a lavish Belgian periodical issued from 1845 to 1880.

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

  • CONDITION: Good condition.

  • REFERENCE: DeBelder 210