Item 505Sweet - Chrysanthemum Sinense
1823. Copper-line engraving with original hand-colouring. 1823. 250mm by 150mm (sheet). From Robert Sweet's 'The British Flower Garden'. Robert Sweet (1783-1835) was an English botanist, horticulturist and ornithologist. He published a number of beautifully illustrated works on plants cultivatd in British gardens and hothouses. The fine plates were mainly drawn.....
