Tag: Flower pictures

Flower pictures from 1867 looking if anything prettier than what’s coming with the robins next month. Imagery from “Floral belles from the green-house and garden,” painted from nature by Mrs. C. M. Badger who was also the author of “Wild Flowers.”

Azalea, Geranium, Roses, Jasmine, Bretia. Frontispiece. Page 8 of Mrs. C. M. Badger’s Floral belles from the green-house and garden. Published in 1867 by Charles Scribner and Company, New York. John F. Trow and Company, printers. Collections of the Smithsonian Libraries. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/floralbellesfro00badg/page/n8/mode/1up
Camellia and Bignonia. Page 19 of Mrs. C. M. Badger’s Floral belles from the green-house and garden. Published in 1867 by Charles Scribner and Company, New York. John F. Trow and Company, printers. Collections of the Smithsonian Libraries. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/floralbellesfro00badg/page/n18/mode/1up
Fuchias. Page 27 of Mrs. C. M. Badger’s Floral belles from the green-house and garden. Published in 1867 by Charles Scribner and Company, New York. John F. Trow and Company, printers. Collections of the Smithsonian Libraries. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/floralbellesfro00badg/page/n26/mode/1up
Cactus. Page 30 of Mrs. C. M. Badger’s Floral belles from the green-house and garden. Published in 1867 by Charles Scribner and Company, New York. John F. Trow and Company, printers. Collections of the Smithsonian Libraries. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/floralbellesfro00badg/page/n30/mode/1up
Pansies. Page 54 of Mrs. C. M. Badger’s Floral belles from the green-house and garden. Published in 1867 by Charles Scribner and Company, New York. John F. Trow and Company, printers. Collections of the Smithsonian Libraries. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/floralbellesfro00badg/page/n54/mode/1up
Tulips. Page 63 of Mrs. C. M. Badger’s Floral belles from the green-house and garden. Published in 1867 by Charles Scribner and Company, New York. John F. Trow and Company, printers. Collections of the Smithsonian Libraries. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/floralbellesfro00badg/page/n62/mode/1up

Asters. Page 75 of Mrs. C. M. Badger’s Floral belles from the green-house and garden. Published in 1867 by Charles Scribner and Company, New York. John F. Trow and Company, printers. Collections of the Smithsonian Libraries. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/floralbellesfro00badg/page/n74/mode/1up

Flower pictures from The Florist’s Journal for the Year 1842, Volume 3. Not finding much more more but each volume has the 1886 bookplate of Sir Lionel Walter Rothschild so must have been in his library. Sir Lionel, 2nd Baron Rothschild, Baron de Rothschild, was a British banker, politician, zoologist, and soldier. He was a member of the Rothschild family.

Page 1 with Sir Lionel Walter Rothschild’s 1886 bookplate. From The Florist’s Journal for the Year 1842. C. Adlard, Bartholomew Close, London, printer. Collections of the Natural History Museum, London. via the Internet Archive. https://archive.org/details/floristsjournal3418unse/page/n1/mode/1up
Epiphyllum Makoyii. Alfred Adlard, engraver. Published in January of 1842 in London by How and Parsons, 132 Fleet Street. Plate 24, Page 14, The Florist’s Journal for the Year 1842. Collections of the Natural History Museum, London. via the Internet Archive. https://archive.org/details/floristsjournal3418unse/page/n13/mode/1up
Brachyscome iberidifolia. Alfred Adlard, engraver. Published on February 1, 1842 in London by How and Parsons, 132 Fleet Street. Page 39, The Florist’s Journal for the Year 1842. Collections of the Natural History Museum, London. via the Internet Archive. https://archive.org/details/floristsjournal3418unse/page/n39/mode/1up
Oncidum Papilio. Alfred Adlard, engraver. Published on March 1, 1842 in London by How and Parsons, 132 Fleet Street. Plate 26, Page 66, The Florist’s Journal for the Year 1842. Collections of the Natural History Museum, London. via the Internet Archive. https://archive.org/details/floristsjournal3418unse/page/n65/mode/1up
Winterton Rival – (Nelson’s). Alfred Adlard, engraver. Published on April 1, 1843 in London by How and Parsons, 132 Fleet Street. Plate 27, Page 91, The Florist’s Journal for the Year 1842. Collections of the Natural History Museum, London. via the Internet Archive. https://archive.org/details/floristsjournal3418unse/page/n91/mode/1up
Camellia Japonica – The Monarch. Alfred Adlard, engraver. Published on May 1, 1842 in London by How and Parsons, 132 Fleet Street. Plate 28, Page 117, The Florist’s Journal for the Year 1842. Collections of the Natural History Museum, London. via the Internet Archive. https://archive.org/details/floristsjournal3418unse/page/n117/mode/1up
1. Catleuch’s, Compte de Paris – 2. Gaines’s Warrior. Alfred Adlard, engraver. Published on June 1, 1842 in London by How and Parsons, 132 Fleet Street. Plate 229, Page 143, The Florist’s Journal for the Year 1842. Collections of the Natural History Museum, London. via the Internet Archive. https://archive.org/details/floristsjournal3418unse/page/n143/mode/1up
Anemone. 1. Josephine – 3. Azure Incomparable. Alfred Adlard, engraver. Published on July 1, 1842 in London by How and Parsons, 132 Fleet Street. Plate 30, Page 169, The Florist’s Journal for the Year 1842. Collections of the Natural History Museum, London. via the Internet Archive. https://archive.org/details/floristsjournal3418unse/page/n169/mode/1up
1. Gladiolus Atroroseus – 2. Gladiolus Patens. Alfred Adlard, engraver. Published on August 1, 1842 in London by How and Parsons, 132 Fleet Street. Plate 32, Page 205, The Florist’s Journal for the Year 1842. Collections of the Natural History Museum, London. via the Internet Archive. https://archive.org/details/floristsjournal3418unse/page/n205/mode/1up
Achimenes Longiflora. Alfred Adlard, engraver. Published on September 1, 1842 in London by How and Parsons, 132 Fleet Street. Plate 33, Page 231, The Florist’s Journal for the Year 1842. Collections of the Natural History Museum, London. via the Internet Archive. https://archive.org/details/floristsjournal3418unse/page/n231/mode/1up
Fuchsia Toddiana. Alfred Adlard, engraver. Published on October 1, 1842 in London by How and Parsons, 132 Fleet Street. Plate 34, Page 257, The Florist’s Journal for the Year 1842. Collections of the Natural History Museum, London. via the Internet Archive. https://archive.org/details/floristsjournal3418unse/page/n257/mode/1up
Gloxinia. 1. Rubra – 2. Maxima – 3. Speciosa. Alfred Adlard, engraver. Published on November 1, 1842 in London by How and Parsons, 132 Fleet Street. Plate 35, Page 279, The Florist’s Journal for the Year 1842. Collections of the Natural History Museum, London. via the Internet Archive. https://archive.org/details/floristsjournal3418unse/page/n279/mode/1up
Sir Robert Sale. Alfred Adlard, engraver. Published on December 1, 1842 in London by How and Parsons, 132 Fleet Street. Plate 36, Page 301, The Florist’s Journal for the Year 1842. Collections of the Natural History Museum, London.https://archive.org/details/floristsjournal3418unse/page/301/mode/1up

Flower pictures from the greenhouses and gardens of Europe. Imagery from Charles Lemaire’s “Flore des serres et des jardins de l’Europe . .”Published in several volumes between 1845 and 1871, it was edited by Louis van Houtte who was a Belgian horticulturalist.

Dendrobium and Densiflorum: Bootan; Serre tempérée. Page 21 of Flore des Serres et des Jardins de l’Europe. Charles Lemaire, author. Louis van Houtte, editor. Collections of the New York Botanical Garden, LuEsther T. Mertz Library. In the public domain due to age. https://archive.org/details/floredesserreset1418591861lema/page/n21/mode/1up
Solanum Texanum: Texas; Plein Air. Page 31 of Flore des Serres et des Jardins de l’Europe. Charles Lemaire, author. Louis van Houtte, editor. Collections of the New York Botanical Garden, LuEsther T. Mertz Library. In the public domain due to age. https://archive.org/details/floredesserreset1418591861lema/page/n31/mode/1up
Camellia Bicolore de la Reine. (D. Vervaene). Page 39 of Flore des Serres et des Jardins de l’Europe. Charles Lemaire, author. Louis van Houtte, editor. Collections of the New York Botanical Garden, LuEsther T. Mertz Library. In the public domain due to age. https://archive.org/details/floredesserreset1418591861lema/page/n39/mode/1up
Dahlia: Jupiter (Rawlings). Page 61 of Flore des Serres et des Jardins de l’Europe. Charles Lemaire, author. Louis van Houtte, editor. Collections of the New York Botanical Garden, LuEsther T. Mertz Library. In the public domain due to age. https://archive.org/details/floredesserreset1418591861lema/page/n61/mode/1up
Salvia Roezli – Salvia Dielytroides: Mexique Serre tempérée. Page 67 of Flore des Serres et des Jardins de l’Europe. Charles Lemaire, author. Louis van Houtte, editor. Collections of the New York Botanical Garden, LuEsther T. Mertz Library. In the public domain due to age. https://archive.org/details/floredesserreset1418591861lema/page/n67/mode/1up
Philodendron Eurebescens. Page 79 of Flore des Serres et des Jardins de l’Europe. Charles Lemaire, author. Louis van Houtte, editor. Collections of the New York Botanical Garden, LuEsther T. Mertz Library. In the public domain due to age. https://archive.org/details/floredesserreset1418591861lema/page/n79/mode/1up
Amaryllis – Belladonna variety Rubra: Amaryllis Mutabilis; Speciona Purpurea; Serre Versailles; Serre froide. Page 105 of Flore des Serres et des Jardins de l’Europe. Charles Lemaire, author. Louis van Houtte, editor. Collections of the New York Botanical Garden, LuEsther T. Mertz Library. In the public domain due to age. https://archive.org/details/floredesserreset1418591861lema/page/n105/mode/1up
Musa Ensete: Abyssinie: Serre chaude. Page 123 of Flore des Serres et des Jardins de l’Europe. Charles Lemaire, author. Louis van Houtte, editor. Collections of the New York Botanical Garden, LuEsther T. Mertz Library. In the public domain due to age. https://archive.org/details/floredesserreset1418591861lema/page/n123/mode/1up
Gloxinias: 179 – A. Bonnard; 218 F. Puig; 162 Lady Harry Vane; 170 Madame Celeste Winans. Page 207 of Flore des Serres et des Jardins de l’Europe. Charles Lemaire, author. Louis van Houtte, editor. Collections of the New York Botanical Garden, LuEsther T. Mertz Library. In the public domain due to age https://archive.org/details/floredesserreset1418591861lema/page/n207/mode/1up
Dasylirium Acrosticum: Mexique; Serre tempérée. Page 263 of Flore des Serres et des Jardins de l’Europe. Charles Lemaire, author. Louis van Houtte, editor. Collections of the New York Botanical Garden, LuEsther T. Mertz Library. In the public domain due to age. https://archive.org/details/floredesserreset1418591861lema/page/n263/mode/1up
Jacinthe a fl. simples: Prins Albert von Preussen. Page 329 of Flore des Serres et des Jardins de l’Europe. Charles Lemaire, author. Louis van Houtte, editor. Collections of the New York Botanical Garden, LuEsther T. Mertz Library. In the public domain due to age. https://archive.org/details/floredesserreset1418591861lema/page/n329/mode/1up
Cissus Porphyrophyllus: Serre chaude. Page 469 of Flore des Serres et des Jardins de l’Europe. Charles Lemaire, author. Louis van Houtte, editor. Collections of the New York Botanical Garden, LuEsther T. Mertz Library. In the public domain due to age. https://archive.org/details/floredesserreset1418591861lema/page/n469/mode/1up
Pensées a Grandes Fleurs: General Williams (Dobson); Napoléon III (Miellez); Magpie (H. De May); Solferino (Miellez); Diamond (Dobson); Princesse Mathilde (Miellez). Page 500 of Flore des Serres et des Jardins de l’Europe. Charles Lemaire, author. Louis van Houtte, editor. Collections of the New York Botanical Garden, LuEsther T. Mertz Library. In the public domain due to age. https://archive.org/details/floredesserreset1418591861lema/page/n500/mode/1up

1835 flower imagery taken from Pierre Joseph Redouté’s “Choix de 15 bouquets de fleurs, coloriés à l’aquarelle avec fond noir.” Lithographs after artwork by various artists. Fleury Chavant, éditeur. Published in Paris and in London.

Anémone, Œillet de Hollande panaché de boutons de rose. Number 49, image 7 of Choix de 15 bouquets de fleurs, coloriés à l’aquarelle avec fond noir. Lithograph after P. J. Redouté. Collections of McGill University Library. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/McGillLibrary-rbsc_choix-15-bouquets-fleurs_FOLIO-468-21507/page/n6/mode/1up
Jasmin d’Arabie, éphémère violet, Lobelia cardinalis, capucines. Number 50, image 8 of Choix de 15 bouquets de fleurs, coloriés à l’aquarelle avec fond noir. Lithograph after Olimpe Arson. Collections of McGill University Library. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/McGillLibrary-rbsc_choix-15-bouquets-fleurs_FOLIO-468-21507/page/n8/mode/1up
Rose panachée, rose thé Lamarque, œillet. Number 51, image 10 of Choix de 15 bouquets de fleurs, coloriés à l’aquarelle avec fond noir. Name of artist is not legible. Lithograph. Collections of McGill University Library. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/McGillLibrary-rbsc_choix-15-bouquets-fleurs_FOLIO-468-21507/page/n10/mode/1up

Flower pictures done in gouache in China by Chinese artists for the European market. ca. 1850. Chinese School, Cheongqua. All of these being from the same lot up for bid in a current Sotheby’s auction which is composed of three folios.

Pink and white flowers with a hovering butterfly. ca. 1850. Chinese School, Cheongqua. Gouache on mounted pith paper with silk borders with the red inked stamp of Cheongqua on each endpaper. Image © 2021 Sothebys. Fair use license. via https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/books-manuscripts/_chinese-nobility-flora-and-fauna-albums-e802
Pinkish/red flowers with two butterflie. ca. 1850. Chinese School, Cheongqua. Gouache on mounted pith paper with silk borders with the red inked stamp of Cheongqua on each endpaper. Image © 2021 Sothebys. Fair use license. via https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/books-manuscripts/_chinese-nobility-flora-and-fauna-albums-e802

Flower pictures by German artist Adelheid Dietrich. Daughter of artist Eduoard Dietrich, she lived from 1827 to 1891.

“Morning Glory, Daisies, Red Currants and other Fruits and Flowers on a Ledge.” 1865. German. Oil on canvas. Signed “Adelheid Dietrich – 1865” on the lower right. Image © 2021 Sotheby’s. Fair use license. via https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2021/two-centuries-american-art-2/morning-glory-daisies-red-currants-and-other
Floral still life. 1861. German. Oil on canvas. Signed and dated “pinx, von Adelheld Dietrich 1861” on the bottom left. Image source Sotheby’s. In the public domain in the United States because the artist has been dead over 100 years. via https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Adelheid_Dietrich_-Blumenstillleben(1861).jpg
Still life of flowers. 1868. German. Oil on panel. Image source: Daderot. John Wilmerding Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC. Cc0 License 1.0. via https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Still_Life_of_Flowers_by_Adelheid_Dietrich,1868,_oil_on_wood–National_Gallery_of_Art,_Washington-_DSC00103.JPG

Art Nouveau flowers, taken form Maurice Pillard’s “Etude de la plante: son application aux industries d’art: pochoir, papier peint, etoffes, céramique, marqueterie, tapis, ferronnerie, reliure, dentelles, broderies, vitrail, mosaïque, bijouterie, bronze, orfévrerie” which was printed in Paris in 1903 by the Librairie Centrale des Beaux-Arts.

“Iris Germanique, plan de la fleur.” Page 39/image 44. Collections of and digitalized by the Getty Research Institute. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/gri_33125005959479/page/n44/mode/1up
“Iris Germanique.” Figure 37, page 44. Collections of and digitalized by the Getty Research Institute. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/gri_33125005959479/page/n44/mode/1up
“Iris Germanique. Couronnement de grille en fer forgé.” Figure 39. Page 46. Collections of and digitalized by the Getty Research Institute. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/gri_33125005959479/page/n46/mode/1up
Iris Germanique. Vitrail, mise en plomps. Figure 40. Page 43 of Maurice Pillard’s Etude de la plante. Published in Paris, France in 1903. Collections of and digitalized by the Getty Research Institute. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/gri_33125005959479/page/43/mode/1up
Frise pour papier peint, Iris Germanique. Figure 41. Page 43 of Maurice Pillard’s Etude de la plante. Published in Paris, France in 1903. Collections of and digitalized by the Getty Research Institute. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/gri_33125005959479/page/45/mode/1up
Frise en bois sculpté et ajouré. Iris Germanique. Figure 43. Page 47 of Maurice Pillard’s Etude de la plante. . . Published in Paris, France in 1903. Collections of and digitalized by the Getty Research Institute. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/gri_33125005959479/page/47/mode/1up
Bordure. Glaucie. Figure 70. Page 60 of Maurice Pillard’s Etude de la plante. . . Published in Paris, France in 1903. Collections of and digitalized by the Getty Research Institute. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/gri_33125005959479/page/60/mode/1up
Bordure. Rose trémière. Figure 72. Page 62 of Maurice Pillard’s Etude de la plante. . . Published in Paris, France in 1903. Collections of and digitalized by the Getty Research Institute. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/gri_33125005959479/page/62/mode/1up
Figure 78. Bordure oblique. Sagittaire. Page 67 of Maurice Pillard’s Etude de la plante. . . Published in Paris, France in 1903. Collections of and digitalized by the Getty Research Institute. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/gri_33125005959479/page/67/mode/1up
Coin de bordure. Bryone. Figure 80. Page 70 of Maurice Pillard’s Etude de la plante. . . Published in Paris, France in 1903. Collections of and digitalized by the Getty Research Institute. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/gri_33125005959479/page/70/mode/1up
Bordure et un pochoir. Fuchsia. Figure 147. Page 108 of Maurice Pillard’s Etude de la plante. . . Published in Paris, France in 1903. Collections of and digitalized by the Getty Research Institute. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/gri_33125005959479/page/108/mode/1up

Impressionist flowers that sing summer or at least spring. French. Marcel Dyf, artist. Living from 1899 to 1985, he grew up in Normandy and was captivated by the work of Renoir.

“Pivoines et iris.” 1965 French. Oil on canvas. Signed “DYF” on the lower right. © Estate of the artist. Image © 2020 Sotheby’s. Fair use license. via https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2021/impressionist-modern-art-new-york/pivoines-et-iris
“Fleurs des champ (tapis jaune).” Undated. French. Oil on canvas. Signed “DYF” on the lower right. © Estate of the artist. Image ©2019 Beloosesky Gallery. Fair use license. via https://www.beloosesky.com/artists/marcel-dyf?view=slider
“Fleurs du jardin,” 1972. French. Oil on canvas. Signed “DYF” on the lower right. © Estate of the artist. Image by Heritage Auctions Image © 2021 Heritage Auctions/ Fair use license. via https://fineart.ha.com/itm/paintings/marcel-dyf-french-1899-1985-fleurs-du-jardin-1972oil-on-canvas21-3-4-x-18-1-4-inches-552-x-464/a/8011-68011.s

Flower pictures from just a little while back. One with a few mice, too. German. Johanna Helena Herolt-Graff, botanical artist. Living from 1668 to 1723, she was the daughter of Maria Sibylla Merian and had a father who was an artist too.

“Study of a Lily, Columbines and other Flowers.” ca. 1702-1711.  German. Watercolor and gouache on vellum. Attributed to Herolt-Graff. Image © 2021 Arader Galleries. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. via https://aradernyc.com/products/herolt-graff-johanna-helena-1668-1717-attributed-to-study-of-a-lily-columbines-and-other-flowers-ca-1702-1711
“White Cyclamen.” After 1691. German. Watercolor and gouache over black chalk or charcoal, on vellum. Collections of the Städel Museum. Image © 2021 Städel Museum. Fair use license. via https://sammlung.staedelmuseum.de/en/work/white-cyclamen
“Three mice nibbling fruit.” Undated. German. Watercolor on parchment. Image © Morgan Library and Museum. Fair use license. via https://www.themorgan.org/drawings/item/144559

Flower pictures from Ireland just a hop, skip and jump back. Andrew Nicholl, artist. Living from 1804 to 1886, he painted beaches in Ceylon too but I like the flower ones best.

“July Wildflowers.” 19th c. Irish. Watercolor on paper. Image © Irish Museum of Modern Art. Fair use license. via https://imma.ie/collection/july-wild-flowers/
“A flowerbank with poppies, harebells and marigolds.” 19th c. Irish. Pencil and watercolor, heightened with touches of bodycolor and with scratching out. Signed signed “A. Nicholl, R.H.A.” on the lower right. Image © CHRISTIE’S 2021. Fair use license. via https://www.christies.com/en/lot/lot-4704754
“Wildflowers with a View of Dublin Dunleary.” 19th c. Watercolor on paper. Collections of the Walters Art Museum, Baltimore. Image © bridgemanimages.com. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. via https://www.meisterdrucke.uk/fine-art-prints/Andrew-Nicholl/126151/Wildflowers-with-a-View-of-Dublin-Dunleary-.html