Flowers: Hand-Colored Engraving of Small Botanical Specimens

A grid of more than forty small flowering plants and sprigs is arranged in neat rows within a thin ruled border. Each stem is delicately engraved and washed with green, red, and yellow watercolor, with blossoms in pink, white, and rose tones on a pale paper ground.

Artist

Unknown

Date

1775-1800

Medium

Hand colored engraving, brush and red, green, and yellow watercolor on paper

Source

Smithsonian (Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum)

Size

2880 × 2145 px

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