The Art Exemplar, "Stachys sylvatica, L. Hedge Woundwort," front

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Title
The Art Exemplar, "Stachys sylvatica, L. Hedge Woundwort," front
Identifier
Art_Exemplar_123
Creator
Bradbury & Evans
Subject-Topic
Lamiaceae
Stachys
Botany
Date Created (inferred)
[1854]
Publisher
Bradbury & Evans
Place of Publication
London
Description
Inscribed: "Nature Printing. -- Labiatae (Juss.) Stachys sylvatica, L. Hedge Woundwort. -- Printed in colours by Bradbury & Evans, Patentees, Whitefriars, London." Summary: nature print of hedge woundwort, printed in color with green for the stem and leaves and brown for the root.
Note
Image used to illustrate "Phytoglyphy, or Nature Self-Printing." Nature Self-Printing today is called Nature Printing (see Gascoigne, How to Identify Prints, 35). Coloring technique described by Stannard in text (column 56); likely applied à la poupée (see Stannard text column 34; Gascoigne, How to Identify Prints, 26a). Plate partially covered at the top by the gutter. Plate probably from Bradbury, Henry, A Few Leaves from the Newly-Invented Process of "Nature-Printing" Showing the Application of the Art for the Reproduction of Botanical and Other Natural Objects, London: Bradbury and Evans, 1854. Bradbury & Evans produced multiple books of nature prints, but "A Few Leaves from the Newly Invented Process" is the only publication with a visible platemark, as with this print (see Wakeman, George, "Henry Bradbury's Nature Printed Books", The Library, 21 (1966), p.63).
Language
eng
Type
still image
Genre
nature prints
Extent
1 print : color etching ; plate mark 219 x 265 mm
Digital Format
image/jp2
Digital Origin
reformatted digital
Related Resource
The Art Exemplar : A Guide to Distinguish One Species of Print from Another with Pictorial Examples and Written Descriptions of Every Known Style of Illustration Whether Executed on Gold, Silver, Brass ... / Written and Compiled by W.J. Stannard.
Rights (Use and Reproduction)
No Copyright. Non-Commercial Use Only. http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-NC/1.0/
Owning Institution
Grolier Club Library
Collection
Grolier Club, The Art Exemplar, by William Stannard, [1859]

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