Antique Print-HOUSELEEK-STONECROP-ORPINE-SEDUM-Loudon-1845

Description

Four different flower species: Hylotelephium telephium (Orpine); Sempervivum tectorum (Common Houseleek); Sedum album (white stonecrop); and Sedum forsterianum (Welsh or Rock Stonecrop).

Made by an anonymous engraver after Jane Wells Loudon.

Medium: Handcoloured lithograph. on wove (vellin) paper.

Sheet size: 21 x 27.5 cm (8.27 x 10.83 inch). Image size: 20.5 x 25.5 cm. (8.07 x 10.04 inch).

Condition: very good, given age. Small stains in the margins. A small stain between the caption and the image. . General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

HOUSELEEK-STONECROP-ORPINE-SEDUM | DPO-PCO-1-159

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

This print originates from ‘British Wild Flowers’ by Jane Wells Loudon, published in 1845.