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C1831
Galanthus Nivalis
Artist:
Margaret Roscoe (1786 - 1840)
Superb botanical engraving from an early edition of Margaret Roscoe’s Floral Illustrations of the Seasons, with much finer hand colouring than the later issues.
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Full Title:
Galanthus Nivalis
Date:
C1831
Artist:
Margaret Roscoe (1786 - 1840)
Engraver:
Robert Havell
(1769 –
1832)
Condition:
Some minor marks, otherwise in good condition.
Technique:
Copper engraving with original hand colouring.
Image Size:
160mm
x 225mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1831
Description:
Superb botanical engraving from an early edition of Margaret Roscoe’s Floral Illustrations of the Seasons, with much finer hand colouring than the later issues.
Biography:
Margaret Roscoe (C1786–1840)
Roscoe was an early 19th-century English botanical illustrator and author.
Roscoe illustrated plates in William Roscoe’s botanical work Monandrian Plants of the Order Scitamineae: Chiefly Drawn from Living Specimens in the Botanical Gardens at Liverpool. She went on to write and illustrate Floral Illustrations of the Seasons.
Roscoe
died in 1840. A memorial sculpture commemorating Roscoe and her husband
was undertaken by sculptor John Gibson. This monument can be seen at
the Ullet Road Unitarian Church in Liverpool.[4] The standard author
abbreviation M.Roscoe is used to indicate this person as the author when
citing a botanical name.
died in 1840. A memorial sculpture commemorating Roscoe and her husband
was undertaken by sculptor John Gibson. This monument can be seen at
the Ullet Road Unitarian Church in Liverpool.[4] The standard author
abbreviation M.Roscoe is used to indicate this person as the author when
citing a botanical name.
