Name: Antique Master Print-DECEMBER-WILD-FLOWERS-Hanhart-Brooke-1855
SKU: PCO-1735
Availability: InStock

Antique Master Print-DECEMBER-WILD-FLOWERS-Hanhart-Brooke-1855

€95.00

‘DECEMBER (POEM TITLE); SIGNED ?SOUTHEY? AT THE END; LITHOGRAPHED BY M. & N. HANHART, DATED 1855; DRAWN BY HARRIET BROOKE’

– Garland of holly and mistletoe framing a printed poem, with seasonal forest details including fallen logs, winter ivy, and a delicate display of woodland flora, emphasizing the month of December.

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Description

Medium: Hand-colored chromolithograph on wove (vellin) paper.

Sheet size: 38.1 x 44.5 cm (15 x 17.52 inch). Image size: 38.1 x 44.5 cm. (15 x 17.52 inch).

Condition: good, given age. Light creasing, foxing and soiling. Some small tears in bottom paper edge. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

HARRIET BROOKE, M. & N. HANHART, DECEMBER PRINT, VICTORIAN FLOWER CALENDAR, BRITISH WILD FLOWERS IN THEIR SEASONS, CHROMOLITHOGRAPH, SOUTHEY POETRY, HOLLY MISTLETOE IVY ART | PCO-B9-41

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

British Wild Flowers in their Seasons. From Drawings by Harriet Brooke. London: M. & N. Hanhart, 1855.

Biography artist: Harriet Brooke was a 19th-century British botanical illustrator, known for her poetic and artistic floral works. She collaborated with fine lithographers like the Hanharts, blending Romantic poetry and natural studies.