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Print (Etching)
FLORA/ Or a curious collection of y.\e most/ BEAUTIFUL FLOWERS/ as they appear in their greatest/ Perfection each Month of/ the year.
Remi Parr, Pieter Casteels, John Bowles
1744-1745
Category
Prints and Maps
Creator/Artist/Maker
Remi Parr (Etcher)
Place of Origin
London; London; England; United Kingdom; Europe
Materials
- Ink
- Watercolor
- Paper (laid)
Museum Object Number
1966.1049 A
Credit Line/Donor
Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont
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Object Number
1966.1049 A
Object Name
Print (Etching)
Title
FLORA/ Or a curious collection of y.\e most/ BEAUTIFUL FLOWERS/ as they appear in their greatest/ Perfection each Month of/ the year.
Category
Prints and Maps
Creator (Role)
Remi Parr (Etcher); Pieter Casteels (Painter); John Bowles (Publisher)
Place of Origin
London; London; England; United Kingdom; Europe
Date
1744-1745
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Inscription
Location: Lower right, beneath image
Inscription: Parr Sculp
Type: Inscription
Location: Lower center
Inscription: Printed for Iohn Bowles at Mercers Hall in Cheapside.
Mark/Signature: Yes
Subject(s)
- Still life
- Botanical illustration
Materials
- Ink
- Watercolor
- Paper (laid)
Techniques
- Line Etched with minimal burin work
- Hand colored
- Painted
Dimensions (inches)
14.5 (H) x 10.5 (W) x 13.2 (Image H) x 9.5 (Image W)
Dimensions (centimeters)
36.8 (H) x 26.6 (W) x 33.6 (Image H) x 24.13 (Image W)
Measurement Notes
Plate H: 13.8 in. (35.1 cm). Plate W: 9.9 in. (25.2 cm). Chain interval: 2.5-2.7 cm.; laid line frequency: 9 per cm. H at left. W at bottom.
Publisher Summary
J. Bowles
Place of Publication
Mercers Hall in Cheapside, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe
Publisher Name
J. Bowles
Edition Watermark
Lily in a coat-of-arms with a coronet at the top and "4" at the base, with the initials: "LVG" at the bottom, and a countermark "IV"
Coloring
Hand colored with translucent watercolors
Edition Notes
This is the title page from a collection of twelve designs, representing flowers associated with each month of the year. From the quarto edition of engravings after flower paintings by Pieter Casteels. Watermark is a Van Gelder Strassburg lily.
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: Fowble, E. McSherry. 1991 To Please Every Taste: Eighteenth-Century Prints from the Winterthur Museum.
• Published: no. 69 , p. 174.Book: Fowble, E. McSherry. 1987 Two Centuries of Prints in America, 1680-1880 : A Selective Catalogue of the Winterthur Museum Collection.
• Published: no. 148, pp. 224-225.