Flowers: engraved botanical sprigs, 1725-1750

An engraved plate on paper shows several flower sprigs of blossoms, buds and leaves arranged across the sheet, drawn in fine black line within a plain border. Loose clusters of small blooms curve along slender stems, with a number 2483 at the right and faint inscriptions in the lower margin.

Artist

Unknown

Date

1725-1750

Medium

Engraving on paper

Source

Smithsonian (Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum)

Size

2809 × 1973 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Smithsonian Institution, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum