Copperplate Pictures
Antique Botanical Print 'Yellow Bird's-nest' (Monotropa hypopithys), Botanical Art, Orchid Print, Vintage Flower Print
Regular price
£25.00
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An eighteenth century hand-coloured copperplate engraving of Monotropa hypopithys or the Yellow Bird's-nest. This is plate number 48 from the book 'English Botany' by James Sowerby, signed by Sowerby and dated 1791. In very good condition, minimal surface marks. Mounted in acid free materials ready to display or add to a collection, plate area is approx. 17.5 by 9.5 cm, in a 10 x 8 " mount.
