Original 140+-year-old chromolithographs and hand-coloured lithographs
by Walter H. Fitch and others
from various publications, published between 1841-1870s
Sheet size varies somewhat, but generally between approx. 5.875 x 9.5 and 6.75 x 10.75 inches.
If more precise measurements are required for a particular print, please enquire.
Image size varies.
PLEASE CLICK ON THUMBNAIL IMAGES BELOW TO ASSESS EACH PRINT'S CONDITION
AS SOME FOXING OR OTHER AGE-RELATED CONDITIONS MAY EXIST. |
Walter Hood Fitch
(1817-1892) |
Walter Hood Fitch, the most prolific of all botanical artists, was a typical product of the Victorian era, able and industrious;
like Sir William and Sir Joseph Hooker, whom he served successively for more than half a century.
Otto Stapf said this of Fitch's method:
"Fitch had a marvelous power of visualising plants as they lived and of retaining their image in his memory. This emboldened him rather to treat his originals as sketches than to work them into finished pictures, with the result that when finally drawn on stone they underwent a certain generalization in which the type of the species came to life and took the place of a photographically true portrait. His colouring was equally bold, which must have been a veritable boon to the colourists, who could get the desired effect with simple washes." ("The Art of Botanical Illustration" by Blunt and Stearn.) |
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Achimenes
1. Rose Queen 2. Aurora 3. Stella |
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Amy Hogg Pelargonium |
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Anthurium Scherzerianum |
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Brodiaea coccinea |
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Canna iridiflora var |
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Chrysanthemums
1. Prince Alfred 2. Princess of Wales |
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Clematis Duchess of Edinburgh |
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Clematis Fortunei |
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Clematis Lackmanni alba |
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Clematis Princess Mary |
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Cypripedium calurum |
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Delphinium Alopecuroides |
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Gloxinia
1. Scarlet Com(?) 2. Negro 3. Mdle Jeanne Prevost
[title area trimmed] |
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Gloxinias
1. Duc de Cazes 2. Comtess de Flandre 3. Coupe d'Hebe 4. Nyethemeze |
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Hibiscus syriacus Geleste |
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Indian Yellow Pelargonium |
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Irichinium Mangliesii |
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Lilium Auratum |
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Lonicera (? Sp.) aureo-reticulata |
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Passiflora Hahnii |
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Pelargoniums
1. Regina Formosa 2. Competitor 3. Royal Albert 4. Belle of the Ball
5. Royalty |
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Petunia phoenicia (Hender's strain) |
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Picotees
1. Morna 2. Rev. J. B. Camm 3. Lady Louisa |
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Primula cortusoides, vars.
1. amoena 2. striata 3. grandiflora |
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1. Rhodanthe Maculata
2.
Rhodanthe Atrosanguinea |
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Rhododendron Princess Alice |
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Rhododentron Bluebell |
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Sarah Frost Camellia |
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Skimmia oblata |
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Sunset. Variegated Pelargonium |
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1. Talbot 2. Princess Alexandra |
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Tropaeolum polyphyllum |
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Waitza Grandiflora |
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Plate 2 |
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Plate 7 |
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Plate 31 |
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Plate 37 |
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Plate 62 |
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THE PRINTS BELOW ARE "DOUBLE PAGE" PRINTS FROM FITCH, RIDGWAY, ANDERSON, AND OTHERS.
FROM VARIOUS PUBLICATIONS BETWEEN CA. 1841 TO CA. 1870.
THEY HAVE HORIZONTAL CENTER FOLDS, AS ORIGINALLY ISSUED. SIZES VARY AND ARE LISTED BELOW THE THUMBNAIL IMAGES. |
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Plate 43 |
"DOUBLE PAGE" print measuring about 10 x 12 inches
with horizontal center fold, as issued. |
painted/drawn by Miss Drake
etched/engraved by Barclay
published by Ridgway, Aug 1, 1847 |
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Chrysanthemums
1. Lady H. St. Clair 2. General Slade 3. Duchess of Wellington |
"DOUBLE PAGE" print measuring about 9.375 x 11.125 inches
with horizontal center fold, as issued. |
by W.H. Fitch |
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Plate 19 |
"DOUBLE PAGE" print measuring about 9.75 x 12 inches
with horizontal center fold, as issued. |
painted/drawn by Miss Drake
etched/engraved by Barclay
published by Ridgway, April 1, 1841 |
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Laelia Elegans Wolstenholmiae |
"DOUBLE PAGE" print measuring about 9.75 x 12.75 inches
with horizontal center fold, as issued. |
published by William MacKenzie, Edinburgh & Glasgow |
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Laelia Elegans Wolstenholmiae |
"DOUBLE PAGE" print measuring about 9.675 x 13 inches
with horizontal center fold, as issued. |
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Clematis
1. Duchess of Teck 2. Countess of Lovelace |
"DOUBLE PAGE" print measuring about 9.5 x 13.25 inches
with horizontal folds, as issued. |
Chromolith G. Severeyns |
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Primula Japonica |
"DOUBLE PAGE" print measuring about 9.75 x 12.5 inches
with horizontal center fold, as issued. |
published by William MacKenzie, Edinburgh & Glasgow |
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Saccolabium Blumei Russelianum |
"DOUBLE PAGE" print measuring about 9.5 x 12.75 inches
with horizontal center fold, as issued. |
published by William MacKenzie, Edinburgh & Glasgow |
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Vanda Batemanii Grandiflora |
"DOUBLE PAGE" print measuring about 9.5 x 12.75 inches
with horizontal center fold, as issued. |
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Thousands of original antique and vintage Botanicals |
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