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[Brodiaea grandiflora] / S. Holden, del. & lith. – Historic Reproduction

[Brodiaea grandiflora] / S. Holden, del. & lith., [published 1846] — antique lithograph
[Brodiaea grandiflora] / S. Holden, del. & lith., [published 1846]. Antique lithograph from the Flowers & Trees collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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A window into the past: [Brodiaea grandiflora] / S. Holden, del. & lith., preserved in this antique lithograph. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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[Brodiaea grandiflora] / S. Holden, del. & lith.

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Among the many flower plates on this board, this one shows *Brodiaea grandiflora*, a bulbous plant from western North America that European gardeners prized for its clusters of showy blossoms. The lithograph, drawn and printed by S. Holden, was issued in 1846 as an illustration opposite page 221 of volume 12 of *Paxton's Magazine of Botany*, a London periodical founded by the gardener and designer Joseph Paxton. Hand-coloring was added to the printed outline, so the tones vary a little from copy to copy. Plates like this helped readers in Britain identify and grow plants that were still new to them.

Created / published[published 1846]
Medium1 print : lithograph, hand-colored.
GenrePeriodical illustrations 1840-1850.Botanical illustrations 1840-1850.Lithographs Hand-colored 1840-1850.
NotesIllus. in: Paxton's magazine of botany / London : W.S. Orr & Co., 1846, v. 12, opp. p. 221.
SubjectsFlowers--1840-1850.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,174 × 1,473 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-218067

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