The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of March 29, 2024
A Selection of Hexandrian Plants, belonging to the natural order of Amaryllidae and Liliacae: Tiger Lily
1831–32
(British, 1769–1832)
In memory of Mrs. Hermon A. Kelley 1946.252
Location: not on view
Description
The late 18th century saw the development of color printing, a laborious process in which the image is built up from separate plates for each color. Applying Newton’s theory of color, a plate was prepared for each of the three primary colors (blue, yellow, and red) as well as for a darker color (usually black, to provide a unifying background tone). These plates, too, were often embellished with hand work in watercolor- The Flowering of the Botanical Print. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 26-July 3, 2016).
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Source URL:
https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1946.252