Antique Print-CATTLEYA DOWIANA-DOW’S-ORCHID-Stroobant-1860

Description

Cattleya dowiana.

Made by L. Stroobant after own design.

Sheet size: 16.7 x 25 cm (6.57 x 9.84 inch). Image size: 16 x 24.5 cm. (6.3 x 9.65 inch).

Condition: good, given age. Some remains of glue from matting at the bottom. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

CATTLEYA DOWIANA-DOW’S-ORCHID | DPO-PCO-1-116

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

Source: unknown, to be determined.

Biography engraver: Louis-Constantin Stroobant (1814-1872) was the eldest brother of the Belgian artist and engraver Francois Stroobant. Louis-Constantin ran a lithographic printing press, specialised in multicolour flora prints.