Walter Hood Fitch (1817-1892)

Banksiae Victoriae - Victorian Banksia

Lithograph with original hand-colouring. 1857. 245mm by 145mm (sheet). Australian native orchid lithograph from Curtis's Botanical Magazine. William Curtis (1746-1799) was a trained pharmacist, in London, who maintained a large garden and devoted himself to the study of its flora. He began publishing the Curtis Botanical Magazine in 1787. Accompanied by original text describing features of the plant, when it was introduced and by whom, and whose collection it comes from. Item #4111

Price: $350.00