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C1846
Epacris miniata
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Scarce c.19th engraving of the Fuchsia Heath. Modern binomial name: Epacris longiflora First scientific description: Cavanilles, 1797 Distribution: QLD, NSW From: Paxton, Paxton’s Magazine of Botany, and Register of Flowering Plants. References: Sitwell, S. Great Flower Books 1700-1900. New York 1990 : … Read Full Description
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Full Title:
Epacris miniata
Date:
C1846
Artist:
Condition:
Small repaired tear at top sheet edge and the lower part of the ‘p’ in the title touching sheet edge, otherwise in good condition.
Technique:
Copper engraving with original hand colouring.
Image Size:
90mm
x 210mm
Paper Size:
160mm
x 235mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1846
Description:
Scarce c.19th engraving of the Fuchsia Heath.
Modern binomial name: Epacris longiflora
First scientific description: Cavanilles, 1797
Distribution: QLD, NSW
From: Paxton, Paxton’s Magazine of Botany, and Register of Flowering Plants.
References:
Sitwell, S. Great Flower Books 1700-1900. New York 1990 : p. 161.
Nissen, C. Die Botanische Buchillustration. Stuttgart 1966 2351.
Collections:
National Library Australia: Bib ID: 3415237
Royal Collection Trust UK: RCIN 1057386
State Library New South Wales: RB/DS580.5/3 (SET)
State Library Victoria: RARES 580.5 P28
State Library South Australia: 580.5 P342
State Library Queensland: 1588742
Sir Joseph Paxton (1801 - 1865)
English landscape gardener, botanist and designer of hothouses, who was the architect of the Crystal Palace for the Great Exhibition of 1851 in London. He was originally a gardener employed by the duke of Devonshire. From 1826 he was superintendent of the gardens at Chatsworth, the duke’s Derbyshire estate; he built in iron and glass the famous conservatory there (1840) and the lily house for the duke’s rare Victoria regia (1850). Also in 1850, after a cumbersome design had been officially accepted by the Great Exhibition’s organizers, Paxton’s inspired plan for a building of prefabricated elements of sheet glass and iron was substituted. His design, based on his earlier glass structures, covered four times the area of St. Peter’s, Rome, and the grandeur of its conception was a challenge to mid-19th-century technology. Although it was built within six months and he was knighted for his efforts (1851), it was not until later that the structure was seen as a revolution in style. Paxton was a member of Parliament for Coventry from 1854 until his death.
