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Heron & Rose

Natural-history plates, 1775 to about 1904

Antique natural history,printed whole.

Audubon's Great Blue Heron, Redouté's Cumberland Rose and Haeckel's sea anemones, among antique natural-history plates. Each one printed whole.

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Great Blue Heron in a room, in a black frame (for illustration, not to scale)
Drawer IBirds · 7
Rosa centifolia anglica rubra (Cumberland Rose) in a room, in an oak frame (for illustration, not to scale)
Drawer IIFlowers and Blossom · 12
Actiniae (Sea Anemones) in a room, in an oak frame (for illustration, not to scale)
Drawer IIIThe Sea · 7
Three butterflies in a room, in a black frame (for illustration, not to scale)
Drawer IVButterflies and Insects · 4

The register

Plates, with their books

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  1. Hemionitis cordata (Heart fern) in a room, in a black frame (for illustration, not to scale)
    Hemionitis cordata (Heart fern)Plate from Ferns: British and ExoticFrom £20.00 £25.00
  2. Three butterflies in a room, in a black frame (for illustration, not to scale)
    Butterflies (Lépidoptères), plate 7Plate from Dictionnaire universel d'histoire naturelle · 1841–49From £20.00 £25.00
  3. Onoclea sensibilis (Sensitive fern) in a room, in a white frame (for illustration, not to scale)
    Onoclea sensibilis (Sensitive fern)Plate from Ferns: British and ExoticFrom £20.00 £25.00
  4. White Heron above a cream sofa, in an oak frame (for illustration, not to scale)
    White HeronAttributed to John James AudubonFrom £20.00 £25.00
  5. Batrachia (Frogs) in a room, in an oak frame (for illustration, not to scale)
    Batrachia (Frogs)Plate from Art Forms in NatureFrom £20.00 £25.00
  6. Rosa damascena Celsiana (Rosier de Cels) in a room, in a black frame (for illustration, not to scale)
    Rosa damascena Celsiana proliferaAttributed to Pierre-Joseph RedoutéFrom £20.00 £25.00
  7. The Narrow-leaved Kalmia, from The Temple of Flora on a window seat, in a white frame at 5 × 7 in
    The Narrow-leaved KalmiaPlate from The Temple of FloraFrom £20.00 £25.00
  8. Pivoine de la Chine (Peony) beside a lounge chair, in a black frame (for illustration, not to scale)
    Pivoine de la Chine (Peony)Plate from Choix des plus belles fleursFrom £20.00 £25.00
  9. Tulips, from The Temple of Flora in a room, in a white frame (for illustration, not to scale)
    Tulips, from The Temple of FloraPlate from The Temple of FloraFrom £20.00 £25.00
  10. Peromedusae (Pocket jellyfish) in a room, in a black frame (for illustration, not to scale)
    Peromedusae (Pocket jellyfish)Plate from Art Forms in NatureFrom £20.00 £25.00
A Group of Auriculas, from The Temple of Flora: the whole artwork, unframed
A Group of Auriculas, from The Temple of Flora · Plate from The Temple of Flora

Flowers and Blossom

Redouté's Cumberland Rose, Chinese peony and Madonna lily, then tulips, auriculas and a cyclamen from The Temple of Flora. 12 flower plates.

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The Oblique-leaved Begonia, from The Temple of Flora on a window seat, in a white frame at 5 × 7 in

The Oblique-leaved Begonia

Plate from The Temple of Flora

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Rosa gallica purpurea velutina parva beside a lounge chair, in a black frame (for illustration, not to scale)

Rosa gallica purpurea velutina parva

Attributed to Pierre-Joseph Redouté

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Lis blanc (Madonna Lily) in a room, in a black frame (for illustration, not to scale)

Lis blanc (Madonna Lily)

Plate from Choix des plus belles fleurs

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The Persian Cyclamen, from The Temple of Flora in a room, in an oak frame (for illustration, not to scale)

The Persian Cyclamen, from The Temple of Flora

Plate from The Temple of Flora

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About the prints

Plates from old natural-history books, 1775 to about 1904, each printed whole.

Each plate names the book it comes from, where the record holds it.

Made to order
Every print is made to order for you.
Sizes
18 sizes, from 5×7 in (12.7 × 17.8 cm) to 24×36 in (61 × 91.4 cm).
Paper
Giclée printed on 260 gsm paper.
Planet
FSC-certified paper. Orders for the UK and US are printed and shipped in the same country, so they travel fewer miles.
What you see
Every picture shows the whole sheet, edge to edge.