Item 469Loddiges - Hibiscus splendens
1832. Copper-line engraving with original hand-colouring. 1832. 170mm by 100mm (platemark). Engraving of Australian native plant from Loddiges Botanical Cabinet. The Loddiges family managed one of the most notable of the eighteenth and nineteenth century plant nurseries that traded in and introduced exotic plants into European gardens.The nursery rose to.....