Sir William Jackson Hooker Years of Curtis Botanical Magazine

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Aesculus Indica WFC79 ~~$45~~ Sale Price: $25	Pelargonium Oblongatum WFC101 ~~$45~~ Sale Price: $25	Saxifraga Longifolia WFC81 ~~$45~~ Sale Price: $25


Cyrtanthera Chrysostephana WFC104 ~~$45~~ Sale Price: $25	Acridocarpus Natalitius WFC91 ~~$45~~ Sale Price: $25	Sonchus Gummifer WFC102 ~~$35~~ Sale Price: $17


Calceolaria Flexuosa WFC94 ~~$45~~ Sale Price: $25	Fremontia Californica WFC95 ~~$45~~ Sale Price: $25	Calceolaria Henrici WFC96 ~~$35~~ Sale Price: SOLD


Ligularia Hodgsoni WFC97 ~~$45~~ Sale Price: $25	Senecio Pyramidatus WFC98 ~~$45~~ Sale Price: $25	Paranephelius Uniflorus WFC99 ~~$45~~ Sale Price: $25


Bulbine Mackenii WFC106 ~~$45~~ Sale Price: $25	Sanchezia Nobilis WFC107 ~~$45~~ Sale Price: $25	Lankesteria Barteri WFC108 ~~$45~~ Sale Price: SOLD


Chrysanthemum Carinatum WFC109 ~~$45~~ Sale Price: SOLD	Anemone Angulosa WFC83 ~~$45~~ Sale Price: $25	Dimorphotheca Graminifolia WFC111 ~~$45~~ Sale Price: $25


Abutilon Darwinii WFC125 ~~$45~~ Sale Price: $25	Eranthemum Cinnabarinum WFC123 ~~$45~~ Sale Price: SOLD	Hibiscus Radiatus WFC116 ~~$45~~ Sale Price: $25


Spigelia Splendens WFC127 ~~$35~~ Sale Price: $17	Haemanthus Tenuiflorus WFC128 ~~$45~~ Sale Price: $25	Plumbago Rosea WFC129 ~~$35~~ Sale Price: $17


Cissus Velutinus WFC130 ~~$35~~ Sale Price: $17	Lilium Concolor WFC131 ~~$45~~ Sale Price: $25	Phaedranassa Obtusa WFC134 ~~$45~~ Sale Price: $25


Clomenocoma Montana WFC136 ~~$35~~ Sale Price: $17	Dianthus Chinensis WFC137 ~~$45~~ Sale Price: $25	Rhodanthe Manglesii WFC138 ~~$35~~ Sale Price: $17


Schizostylis Coccinea WFC139 ~~$45~~ Sale Price: $25	Cyrtanthus Sanguineus WFC140 ~~$45~~ Sale Price: $25	Impatiens Walkeri WFC141 ~~$35~~ Sale Price: SOLD


Macleania Pulchra WFC142 ~~$45~~ Sale Price: $25	Littonia Modesta WFC143 ~~$35~~ Sale Price: $17	Abutilon Vexillarium WFC133 ~~$45~~ Sale Price: $25


Begonia Wageneriana WFC145 ~~$45~~ Sale Price: $25	Begonia Pearcei WFC146 ~~$45~~ Sale Price: $25	Begonia Phyllomaniaca WFC147 ~~$45~~ Sale Price: $25

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William Curtis began publication of the Botanical Magazine in February 1787 and continued almost without interruption for 160 years. After Curtis edited the first 13 volumes, the publication continued under the editors: John Simms (1800-1826), William Jackson Hooker (1827-1865) and Joseph Dalton Hooker (1865-1904). The images were engraved and hand-colored 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 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. References: Blunt (1994) pp 211 - 217, Great Flower Books pp 156 - 157, Nissen BPI 2350, Staflue 1290.

These Curtis prints are from the Walter Hood Fitch years, the time of a long collaboration between Fitch and the editor of the magazine, Sir William Jackson Hooker. It was a partnership with William & J.D Hooker which lasted over 40 years, during which time Fitch was the sole artist for Curtis Botanical Magazine & Kew Gardens. Sadly, this creative partnership was dissolved after a financial dispute with J.D Hooker, which both parties regretted, but never resolved.

Walter Hood Fitch was the greatest botanical artist of his time and we are exceptionally pleased to have such a good selection of his finest work. The prints are much rarely than the earlier Curtis, as may fewer were published, with subscriptions numbering in the hundreds, rather than the thousands of early years, so it is doubly satisfying to offer to Curtis collectors. Each print measures about 9 1/2 by 11 1/4 inches and is in excellent condition as shown, with vivid hand coloring.