Flore des Jardiniers, Amateurs et Manufacturiers
Artist
Pancrace Bessa
(French, 1772 - 1846)
Date1836
Mediumengraving on paper, hand-colored; bound
Dimensions11 3/4 × 9 1/8 inches (29.8 × 23.2 cm)
Credit LineBequest of H.J. Lutcher Stark, 1965
Object number11.39.1.B
ClassificationsInformation Artifacts
Description195 plates (390 total in both volumes); bound in brown cloth (worn)Label TextIn the nineteenth century, images from herbals were often prized for their beauty alone. The Flore des Jardiniers (Flora for gardeners) was a selection of prints without commentary. Its source was L'Herbier Général de L'Amateur (The General Herbal for the Amateur). The text of that publication described the oleander. The authors wrote that the plant was in a family of vegetation that contained a milky liquid. They said that its properties are suspicious, and even so dangerous in certain species, that there is no substance more poisonous.
ProvenancePurchased September 8, 1958 through (Nada Kramar, Washington, D.C.) by H.J. Lutcher Stark [1887-1965]; bequeathed September 2, 1965 to the Nelda C. and H.J. Lutcher Stark Foundation; accessioned to the Stark Museum of Art
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