Hand-colored lithographs of anthropomorphic flowers illustrating the “values” and roles of women in 1849. Taken from “El Album Mexicano. Periódico de literatura, artes y bellas letras,” a Mexican literary magazine that was published in Mexico City. Edited by Ignacio Cumplido. These are from one item that is up for sale on the website of Michael Laird Rare books.

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Las Flores. 1849. Hand-colored lithograph, taken from an issue of El Album Mexicano. Periódico de literatura, artes y bellas letras. One of a group of lithographs composed by Jean Ignace Grandville (1803-1847) and drawn on stone by Charles Michel Geoffroy (1819-1882) that were originally created to illustrate Taxile Delord’s whimsical 1847 “Les Fleurs animées,” in which women take on characteristics of various flowers. Image © 2024 Michael Laird Rare Books. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. via https://www.michaellaird.com/pages/books/4187/jean-ignace-ignacio-cumplido-grandville/mexican-lithography-el-album-mexicano-periodico-de-literatura-artes-y-bellas-letras-includes-las
Bleuet and Coquilicot. 1849. Hand-colored lithograph, taken from an issue of El Album Mexicano. Periódico de literatura, artes y bellas letras. One of a group of lithographs composed by Jean Ignace Grandville (1803-1847) and drawn on stone by Charles Michel Geoffroy (1819-1882) that were originally created to illustrate Taxile Delord’s whimsical 1847 “Les Fleurs animées,” in which women take on characteristics of various flowers. Image © 2024 Michael Laird Rare Books. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. via https://www.michaellaird.com/pages/books/4187/jean-ignace-ignacio-cumplido-grandville/mexican-lithography-el-album-mexicano-periodico-de-literatura-artes-y-bellas-letras-includes-las
Rosa. 1849. Hand-colored lithograph, taken from an issue of El Album Mexicano. Periódico de literatura, artes y bellas letras. One of a group of lithographs composed by Jean Ignace Grandville (1803-1847) and drawn on stone by Charles Michel Geoffroy (1819-1882) that were originally created to illustrate Taxile Delord’s whimsical 1847 “Les Fleurs animées,” in which women take on characteristics of various flowers. Image © 2024 Michael Laird Rare Books. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. via https://www.michaellaird.com/pages/books/4187/jean-ignace-ignacio-cumplido-grandville/mexican-lithography-el-album-mexicano-periodico-de-literatura-artes-y-bellas-letras-includes-las
Camilia. 1849. Hand-colored lithograph, taken from an issue of El Album Mexicano. Periódico de literatura, artes y bellas letras. One of a group of lithographs composed by Jean Ignace Grandville (1803-1847) and drawn on stone by Charles Michel Geoffroy (1819-1882) that were originally created to illustrate Taxile Delord’s whimsical 1847 “Les Fleurs animées,” in which women take on characteristics of various flowers. Image © 2024 Michael Laird Rare Books. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. via https://www.michaellaird.com/pages/books/4187/jean-ignace-ignacio-cumplido-grandville/mexican-lithography-el-album-mexicano-periodico-de-literatura-artes-y-bellas-letras-includes-las
Madreselva. 1849. Hand-colored lithograph, taken from an issue of El Album Mexicano. Periódico de literatura, artes y bellas letras. One of a group of lithographs composed by Jean Ignace Grandville (1803-1847) and drawn on stone by Charles Michel Geoffroy (1819-1882) that were originally created to illustrate Taxile Delord’s whimsical 1847 “Les Fleurs animées,” in which women take on characteristics of various flowers. Image © 2024 Michael Laird Rare Books. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. via https://www.michaellaird.com/pages/books/4187/jean-ignace-ignacio-cumplido-grandville/mexican-lithography-el-album-mexicano-periodico-de-literatura-artes-y-bellas-letras-includes-las
Tulipan. 1849. Hand-colored lithograph, taken from an issue of El Album Mexicano. Periódico de literatura, artes y bellas letras. One of a group of lithographs composed by Jean Ignace Grandville (1803-1847) and drawn on stone by Charles Michel Geoffroy (1819-1882) that were originally created to illustrate Taxile Delord’s whimsical 1847 “Les Fleurs animées,” in which women take on characteristics of various flowers. Image © 2024 Michael Laird Rare Books. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. via https://www.michaellaird.com/pages/books/4187/jean-ignace-ignacio-cumplido-grandville/mexican-lithography-el-album-mexicano-periodico-de-literatura-artes-y-bellas-letras-includes-las
Nopalillo. 1849. Hand-colored lithograph, taken from an issue of El Album Mexicano. Periódico de literatura, artes y bellas letras. One of a group of lithographs composed by Jean Ignace Grandville (1803-1847) and drawn on stone by Charles Michel Geoffroy (1819-1882) that were originally created to illustrate Taxile Delord’s whimsical 1847 “Les Fleurs animées,” in which women take on characteristics of various flowers. Image © 2024 Michael Laird Rare Books. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. via https://www.michaellaird.com/pages/books/4187/jean-ignace-ignacio-cumplido-grandville/mexican-lithography-el-album-mexicano-periodico-de-literatura-artes-y-bellas-letras-includes-las
Vellosilla. 1849. Hand-colored lithograph, taken from an issue of El Album Mexicano. Periódico de literatura, artes y bellas letras. One of a group of lithographs composed by Jean Ignace Grandville (1803-1847) and drawn on stone by Charles Michel Geoffroy (1819-1882) that were originally created to illustrate Taxile Delord’s whimsical 1847 “Les Fleurs animées,” in which women take on characteristics of various flowers. Image © 2024 Michael Laird Rare Books. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. via https://www.michaellaird.com/pages/books/4187/jean-ignace-ignacio-cumplido-grandville/mexican-lithography-el-album-mexicano-periodico-de-literatura-artes-y-bellas-letras-includes-las

These are from the time of the short-lived Mexican empire with Emperor Maximilian and his Empress Carlota that was in reality a project of/controlled by Napoleon III of France that ended up with Maximilian in front of a firing squad. This explains why these are published in Mexico City with the lithographs done presumably in France etc.

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