Antique Print-JAGGED CHICKWEED-HOLOSTEUM UMBELLATUM-PURPLE FLOWER-Capieux-1801

This hand coloured print shows the plant Holosteum Umbellatum or Jagged Chickweed, with its flowers, seeds and leafs.

Made by after an anonymous artist.

Medium: Engraving / handcoloured on Handlaid (verge) paper.

Sheet size: 17 x 24.2 cm (6.69 x 9.53 inch). Image size: 17 x 24.2 cm. (6.69 x 9.53 inch).

Condition: good, given age. Brownish lower margin. Small margins. On grey paper. Creases. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

PLANT-JAGGED CHICKWEED-HOLOSTEUM UMBELLATUM-PURPLE FLOWER-SEEDS | RBOS-A7-06

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

This attractive print was published in ‘Botanisches Bilderbuch’, by Johann Dreve, (1794-1801), Leipzich, Voss and Company. This print was published in 1797 (on plate). Johann Friedrich Peter Dreve (1772-1816).

Biography engraver: Johann Stephan Capieux (1748-1813).