Black and white drawings of designs based on plants with an Art Nouveau kind of attitude from Frank Steeley’s “Nature Drawing and Design” which was published in 1903-1904.

Art book/folio, Art Nouveau, Botanical print, British, Victorian 1 Minute
"Snowdrops." Page 3. Plate II.
“Snowdrops.” Page 3. Plate II. Figures 1-4. Collection of the Robarts Library at the University of Toronto. Microsoft, digitalization sponsor. In the public domain. via https://archive.org/details/naturedrawingdes01steeuoft/page/3
"Daisy." Plate IV. Page 18. Figures 1 & 2.
“Daisy.” Plate IV. Page 18. Figures 1 & 2. Collection of the Robarts Library at the University of Toronto. Microsoft, digitalization sponsor. In the public domain. via https://archive.org/details/naturedrawingdes01steeuoft/page/n17
"Tulip." Page 23. Plate VI. Figures 1-4 with a repeating border.
“Tulip.” Page 23. Plate VI. Figures 1-4 with a repeating border. Collection of the Robarts Library at the University of Toronto. Microsoft, digitalization sponsor. In the public domain. via https://archive.org/details/naturedrawingdes01steeuoft/page/n22
"Laurel." Page 27. Plate VIII. Figures 1 and 2.
“Laurel.” Page 27. Plate VIII. Figures 1 and 2. Collection of the Robarts Library at the University of Toronto. Microsoft, digitalization sponsor. In the public domain. via https://archive.org/details/naturedrawingdes01steeuoft/page/n26

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