C1817

[Gloxinia speciosa]

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Scarce engraving of Sinningia speciosa by Sydneham Edwards. From Edwards, S. The Botanical Register: Consisting of Coloured Figures of Exotic Plants, Cultivated in British Gardens; with their History and Mode of Treatment

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Full Title:

[Gloxinia speciosa]

Date:

C1817

Artist:

Sydneham Edwards (1768 - 1819)

Condition:

In good condition, with folds as issued.

Technique:

Copper engraving with original hand colouring.

Image Size:

230mm

x 200mm

Paper Size:

300mm

x 238mm

Genuine antique
dated:

1817

Description:

Scarce engraving of Sinningia speciosa by Sydneham Edwards.

From Edwards, S. The Botanical Register: Consisting of Coloured Figures of Exotic Plants, Cultivated in British Gardens; with their History and Mode of Treatment

References:
Nissen, C. Die Botanische Buchillustration. Stuttgart 1966: 2379.
Dunthorne, G. Flower and Fruit Prints of the 18th and Early 19th Centuries: Their History, Makers and Uses, with a Catalogue Raisonne.. Washington 1938 :: 108.
Sitwell, S. Great Flower Books 1700-1900. New York 1990 :: p.84.
Stafleu, F. Taxonomic Literature. A selective guide to botanical publications.. Ultrecht. 1976-1988 :: TL2 1625.

Collections:
State Library Victoria: RARES 580.5 B657R
State Library New South Wales: 991009079849702626

Sydneham Edwards (1768 - 1819)

Initially worked for Curtis’s Botanical Magazine, until a dispute with the publishers when he started his own rival magazine The Botanical Register. He was born in Monmouthshire, a from an early age demonstrated a precocious talent for drawing and when only 11 years old had copied plates from Flora Londinensis. A friend of William Curtis, the publisher visited the Edwards and recommended the boy to Curtis. Curtis proceeded to have Edwards trained in both botany and botanical illustration. Edwards was a prolific talent and between 1787 and 1815 he produced over 1,700 watercolours for Curtis’s Botanical Magazine. He established The Botanical Register in 1815 after a disagreement with John Sims, Curtis’s editor.

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