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[Cypripedium montanum] / M.S. del., J.N. Fitch, lith. ; Vincent Brooks, Day & Son. imp. – Vintage Wall Art

[Cypripedium montanum] / M.S. del., J.N. Fitch, lith. ; Vincent Brooks, Day & Son. imp., [published 1893] — antique lithograph
[Cypripedium montanum] / M.S. del., J.N. Fitch, lith. ; Vincent Brooks, Day & Son. imp., [published 1893]. 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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This rare antique lithograph captures [Cypripedium montanum] / M.S. del., J.N. Fitch, lith. ; Vincent Brooks, Day & Son. imp. in remarkable detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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[Cypripedium montanum] / M.S. del., J.N. Fitch, lith. ; Vincent Brooks, Day & Son. imp.

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The mountain lady's slipper, a pouch-shaped orchid of western North American woodlands, is the subject here, with its drooping, inflated lip set against broad, twisting petals. The plate was drawn with the initials "M.S." and lithographed by J.N. Fitch, then printed by Vincent Brooks, Day & Son, a London firm that produced many of the colored plates for *Curtis's Botanical Magazine*. Published in 1893, it reflects the magazine's long tradition of precise, hand-colored botanical illustration, which served both scientific description and the growing Victorian interest in orchids.

Created / published[published 1893]
Medium1 print : lithograph, hand-colored.
GenrePeriodical illustrations 1890-1900.Botanical illustrations 1890-1900.Lithographs Hand-colored 1890-1900.
NotesIllus. in: Curtis's Botanical magazine / London : Reeve Brothers, 1893, v. 119, pl. 7319.
SubjectsFlowers--1880-1890.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,166 × 1,465 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-218064

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