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A Collection of Flowers Drawn from Nature: Large Double China Aster

A Collection of Flowers Drawn from Nature: Large Double China Aster

1798
(British)
England, late 18th-early 19th Century
etching, hand colored
Image: 43.4 x 31.5 cm (17 1/16 x 12 3/8 in.); Platemark: 34 x 25 cm (13 3/8 x 9 13/16 in.)
Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland in honor of Mrs. William G. Mather 1955.460
Location: not on view

Description

Edwards was one of the best botanical draftsmen of the 18th century. Large Double China Aster is from a superb and extremely rare book with 77 plates illustrating a variety of beautiful flowers. The coloring is particularly fine owing to the use of pale printer’s ink that does not interfere with the delicacy of the watercolor.
  • The Flowering of the Botanical Print. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 26-July 3, 2016).
    Flower and Fruit Prints and Drawings. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (May 25-October 10, 1960).
  • {{cite web|title=A Collection of Flowers Drawn from Nature: Large Double China Aster|url=false|author=John Edwards|year=1798|access-date=16 April 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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