William Curtis Botanical Prints 1787-1826

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German Flag CBM670 SOLD	Florentine Flag CBM671 $125	Pale Flag CBM685 $125


Yellow Garden Narcissus CBM1026 $75	Purple Flag CBM1130 $125	Polyanthus Narcissus CBM925 $75


Dingy-Coloured Flag CBM986 $85	Wild Tulip CBM1202 SOLD	Dingy Flag CBM669 $85


Large Yellow Spanish Narcissus CBM1301 $85	Largest Purple Spring Crocus CBM2240 $75	White and Yellow Garden Daffodil CBM1187 $75


Narcissus of the Levant CBM940 $75	Portuguese Flag CBM679 SOLD	Cream-Coloured Narcissus of the Levant CBM948 $75


Many-Flowered Narcissus of the Levant CBM946 $75	The Cyprus or Double Roman Narcissus CBM1011 $75	Pale-Flowered Narcissus CBM1188 $75

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William Curtis began publication of the Botanical Magazine in February 1787 and it continued almost without interruption for 160 years. The images were engraved and hand-coloured by many artists including Sydenham Edwards, William Graves, James Sowerby, John Curtis, William Jackson Hooker, W.H. Fitch, Matilda Smith, Lillian Snelling and Stella Rose Craig. The plates are known for their fine detail and delicate hand coloring. The prints are all copper engravings to Volume 70, then continue with stone or zinc lithography until the introduction of color printing in 1948. It is the longest-running botanical magazine and was entirely hand colored until 1948. Even now, after all this time of living with Curtis prints, we are still left in awe by their beauty. Each single measures approximately 5 1/2 inches wide by 9 inches long. Prints are accompanied by the relevant original descriptive text.

Curtis Botanical Magazine Prints 1787-1826

Curtis Botanical Magazine Prints 1787-1826