Botanical, Curtis William, BM, Mountain Alyssium,1798

Date: 1798

Artist: Curtis, William

Engraver: Sanson

Paper Size: 140 x 235mm 

Print Size: 125 x 210mm

Condition: Very good

Technique: Copperplate engraving

Price: $180

Description: original copperplate engraving with later hand colouring

Provenance: 

Condition: Good. First Edition.

Curtis, 1798 No. 419,  original hand-coloured copper-engraved plate from this famous work,  The condition is very good, colours bright and fresh, paper very good and bright. The quality of the illustrations in the Botanical Magazine is outstanding, both accurate and decorative, the colours vibrant.

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