Antique Print-HIPPEASTRUM ALBERTI-AMARYLLIS-KARL KING-Stroobant-1860

Karl King, a species of Hippeastrum (formerly classified as Amaryllis).

Made by L. Stroobant after own design.

Medium: Chromolithograph on wove (vellin) paper.

Sheet size: 16.7 x 25.7 cm (6.57 x 10.12 inch). Image size: 16 x 25 cm. (6.3 x 9.84 inch).

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

HIPPEASTRUM ALBERTI-AMARYLLIS-KARL KING | DPO-PCO-2-169

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

This print originates from ‘L’Illustration horticole’, published ca. 1860.

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 floral prints.