Antique Print-PLANT-VEGETABLE-TAME PEA-PISUM SATIVUM-FLOWERS-LEAFS-Vietz-1800

This very rare hand coloured print shows the plant tame pea with its vegetable, leafs and flowers.

Made by after an anonymous artist.

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

Sheet size: 19.8 x 24.3 cm (7.8 x 9.57 inch). Image size: 19.8 x 24.3 cm. (7.8 x 9.57 inch).

Condition: very good, given age. Horizontal fold. Stain in upper and lower margin. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

PLANT-VEGETABLE-TAME PEA-PISUM SATIVUM-FLOWERS-LEAFS | RBOS-A7-06

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

This attractive print was published in 1867 (on the plate).

Biography engraver: Ferdinand Bernard Vietz (1772-1815) was an engraver and artist. Vietz was an Austrian physician and Doctor of Medicine in Vienna and later a Professor of forensic medicine at Vienna. The style of Vietz is unique.