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C1857
Clianthus Dampieri
Artist:
Charlotte Sowerby (1820 - 1865)
A wonderful botanical print and the best image of a Sturt Pea we have ever seen or had. Sturt’s Desert Pea was first collected by William Dampier on the Western Australian coast on 22 August 1699. Modern common name Sturt’s … Read Full Description
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Full Title:
Clianthus Dampieri
Date:
C1857
Artist:
Charlotte Sowerby (1820 - 1865)
Engraver:
C.T.Rosenberg
Condition:
In good condition
Technique:
Lithograph, with original hand colouring.
Image Size:
250mm
x 355mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1857
Description:
A wonderful botanical print and the best image of a Sturt Pea we have ever seen or had. Sturt’s Desert Pea was first collected by William Dampier on the Western Australian coast on 22 August 1699.
Modern common name Sturt’s Desert Pea
Modern binomial name or protonym Swainsona formosa
First described Don
From Charlotte Sowerby’s Illustrated Bouquet, consisting of Figures with Descriptions of New Flowers, published by Edward and Andrew Henderson between 1857 and 1864.
Very rare, we have not seen this image for sale in the thirty five years we have been selling prints.
Biography:
Charlotte Sowerby (1820-1865)
Very little biographical information is known of Charlotte Sowerby, other than that she was one of the family of botanical artists and that she produced illustrations of the highest standard.
