Antique Print-FLOWER-SNAKEROOT-ARISTOLOCHIA OFFICINALIS-von Essenbeck-1820

This print shows a view on the plant Aristolochia officinalis, Snakeroot, with different flower stages (buds, open flowers and seed pods). The Snakeroot is an aquatic plant that grows on and in the water. It occurs on swampy banks of ditches and ponds with water that is not too nutrient-rich. This Snakeroots habitat is on the east coast of USA.

Made by an anonymous engraver after von Essenbeck.

Medium: Lithograph with hand colouring on wove paper. Watermark: yes.

Sheet size: 30.7 x 48.7 cm (12.09 x 19.17 inch). Image size: 30.7 x 48.7 cm. (12.09 x 19.17 inch).

Condition: good, given age. Brown spots. Creases. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

FLOWER-SNAKEROOT-ARISTOLOCHIA OFFICINALIS-USA-SWAMP | RBOS-T.45-LARGE

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

This attractive print was published in the Handbuch der Botanik from Christian Gottfried Daniel Nees von Esenbeck (14 February 1776 – 16 March 1858). He was a prolific German botanist, physician, zoologist, and natural philosopher. He was a contemporary of Linnaeus. He described approximately 7,000 plant species (almost as many as Linnaeus himself). ca 1820.