Tag: Tropical flowers

Chromolithographs of orchids, plates from various works in the series “Lindenia”, published by Belgian horticulturalist and explorer Jean Linden who was the scientific director of the Royal Society of Zoology and Horticulture in Brussels. He also traveled to Central America and saw orchids growing wild. From the same lot and folio, these are all up for bid at Sotheby’s.

L’illustration Horticole. from the series Lindenia. 1895-1906. Belgian. Image ©,2021 Sotheby’s. Fair use license. via https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2022/livres-et-manuscrits/79-chromolithographies-sur-les-orchidees-provenant

From the series Lindenia. 1895-1906. Belgian. Image ©,2021 Sotheby’s. Fair use license. via https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2022/livres-et-manuscrits/79-chromolithographies-sur-les-orchidees-provenant

Masdevallia chimaera from the series Lindenia. 1895-1906. Belgian. Image ©,2021 Sotheby’s. Fair use license. via https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2022/livres-et-manuscrits/79-chromolithographies-sur-les-orchidees-provenant

19th century orchids, painted by American artist Charles Storer. Living from 1817 to 1907, he also painted landscapes and still-lifes.


Orchids from Nature. 1902. American. Oil on canvas. Charles Storer, artist (1917-1907). Signed and dated Chas. Storer/1902 on the lower right. Signed and dated ORCHIDS, painted /from nature by/Charles Storer,/1902. on the reverse, identified on a label from The Boston Art Club affixed to the frame backing. Image © 1999 – 2022Bonhams SKINNER, INC, Fai use license. via https://www.skinnerinc.com/auctions/4110M/lots/39

Still Life of Orchids in an Urn. 1900. American. Charles Storer, artist (1917-1907). Image source mutualart.com. Artwork in the public domain in the United States because the artist died over 70 years ago. via https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Still_Life_of_Orchids_in_an_Urn.png

Cypripedium Bellatulum. 1898. American. Watercolor on paper. Charles Storer, artist (1817-1907). Image source: Arader Galleries, New York City. Artwork itself in the public domain in the United States because the artist died over 70 years ago. via https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cypripedium_Bellatulum_by_Charles_Storer,_1898,_watercolor.jpg

More loveliness of a tropical floral kind. From Nancy Anne Kingsbury Wollstonecraft’s 1828 “Specimens of the Plants and Fruits of the Island of Cuba.”

"Convolvulus purulia et rubra, blue and red bindweeds." Plate XV.
“Convolvulus purulia et rubra, blue and red bindweeds.” Plate XV. Collection of and digitalized by Cornell University. Ithaca. In the public domain due to age. via https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=coo.31924100271463;view=1up;seq=67;size=175

"Convolvulus brasiliensis, sea bindweed." Plate XVII
“Convolvulus brasiliensis, sea bindweed.” Plate XVII. Collection of and digitalized by Cornell University. Ithaca. In the public domain due to age. via https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=coo.31924100271463;view=1up;seq=71;size=175

"Datura Arborea, floripondio." Plate XIII.
“Datura Arborea, floripondio.” Plate XIII. Collection of and digitalized by Cornell University. Ithaca. In the public domain due to age. via https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=coo.31924100271463;view=1up;seq=59

"Convolvulus." Plate XVIII.
“Convolvulus.” Plate XVIII. Collection of and digitalized by Cornell University. Ithaca. In the public domain due to age. via https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=coo.31924100271463;view=1up;seq=75;size=175

More tropical flowers but from a bit further back than yesterday. From Nancy Anne Kingsbury Wollstonecraft’s 1828 tome “Specimens of the Plants and Fruits of the Island of Cuba”.

Plumeria alba. Flower of the jasmine tree. Plate 8.
Plumeria alba. Flower of the jasmine tree. Plate 8. Rare and Special Collections, Cornell University. In the public domain. Digitalized by Cornell University. via https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=coo.31924100271463;view=1up;seq=1

Cordia sebestena or scarlet cordia. Plate 9. Page 59.
Cordia sebestena or scarlet cordia. Plate 9. Page 59. Rare and Special Collections, Cornell University. In the public domain. Digitalized by Cornell University. via https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=coo.31924100271463;view=1up;seq=43

Cordia gerascanthus/Prince wood or Spanish elm. Plate 10. Page 41.
Cordia gerascanthus/Prince wood or Spanish elm. Plate 10. Page 41. Rare and Special Collections, Cornell University. In the public domain. Digitalized by Cornell University. via https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=coo.31924100271463;view=1up;seq=47

Cameraria latifolia or Bastard Manchioneel. Plate 11. Page 45.
Cameraria latifolia or Bastard Manchioneel. Plate 11. Page 45. Rare and Special Collections, Cornell University. In the public domain. Digitalized by Cornell University. via https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=coo.31924100271463;view=1up;seq=51

Fruit of the Naseberry. Plate 12. Page 49.
Fruit of the Naseberry. Plate 12. Page 49. Rare and Special Collections, Cornell University. In the public domain. Digitalized by Cornell University. via https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=coo.31924100271463;view=1up;seq=55

Second blog post of botanical drawings from this book. More coming. Much left to look through.