Large Rossioglossum THE CLOWN ORCHID c1888 Joseph Mansell

Description: Sold as is, as pictured. Selling print in the frame, glass has no warranty and buyer should assume they will replace the glass after transit. FineThings4Sale - Family parts with a few treasures... things we liked - - Stunning Top Quality Antique Kitchen wares - Old Copper Cookware - Sterling Holloware - Especially Nice Silverplate Check our other items add us to your favorite sellers, as this year we must empty a family storage locker of things. Many more Sterling and Silverplate items to be listed. Purchased circa 1940's in a London antique print shop, this old print circa 1888 has evidence of age - Antique print, titled: 'Reichenbachia - Tab 60 - Odontoglossum grande.' - Gorgeous / impressive large antique print of the Orchid: Odontoglossum grande (Rossioglossum grande), Large Rossioglossum - The Clown Orchid. This delicate plate originates from: 'Reichenbachia, Orchids Illustrated & Described.', by Frederick Sander, published in 1888-1894. This work is considered by many to be the pinnacle of all the orchid publications of the period. It was named after Heinrich Gustav Reichenbach (1824-1889) Reichenbach was a leading authority on orchids during 1865-1889. By modern standards this work was huge. Where the orchid was concerned, Sander never spared himself, but even so, the care lavished on Reichenbachia still provokes astonishment. Apart from the elegance of Moon's drawings, the technical standards would have been a tribute to any large printing house. The cost to Sander was enormous. Ref: A. Swinson: Frederick Sander, the Orchid King 1970; BM(NH) IV, p.1800; Great Flower Books (1990) p.135; Nissen BBI 1722; Stafleu and Cowan 10.219. Artists and Engravers: Made by 'Joseph Mansell' after 'Henry Frederick Conrad Sander'. Henry Frederick Conrad Sander (1847-1920), the founder of Messieurs Sanders of St. Albans, a large nursery firm, intended in this work to illustrate all classes of orchids, drawn life sized & colored by lithography or hand painted when found expedient. For the illustration of the work he engaged the services of painter Henry Moon (1857-1905) and the lithographers Joseph Mansell, Gustav Leutzsch and J.L. Macfarlane. The present work covers the period when the firm was at its most active: a contemporary work notes that in the spring of 1894 Sander's had twenty orchid collectors working simultaneously in Brazil, Columbia, Peru, Ecuador, Mexico, Madagascar, New Guinea, Burma and Malaya (see Hon. Mrs. Evelyn Cecil A History of Gardening in England, 1910, pp.281-282). Offered here is: A very collectible image - 15 1/2 by 21 inches (measured by sight as it is matted). Quite pretty print (hand-colored?) in vintage matting NOTE - PRINT ALONE IS SOLD HERE - NO FRAME. Fine art to be displayed away from direct sunlight. This has hung in an interior hallway in our home for many years. Photos posted have some reflections/glare - please excuse our lack of photography skills. Great item ready to be hung in your home or office or gallery on display. SUPERB EXAMPLE - listed at fair price below market for this size and will consider serious reasonable offers! Please review other listings now & later... Silver - More Gorham Chantilly (other family sets/collection) and very good quality estate things from Grandparent's cottage. Check our other items add us to your favorite sellers, this year we must empty a family storage locker of things. More Sterling & Silverplate items to be listed. You must include your full shipping address with your PayPal payment. Sellers are not responsible for service transit time. 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Price: 579 USD

Location: Chapel Hill, North Carolina

End Time: 2025-01-25T16:59:06.000Z

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