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Japanese Morning Glory Caerulea Variegata, Pharbitis Polymorpha, 1858
$295 (£225, €265)
Period original, not a reproduction.
Shipped from the Netherlands, flat, insured and tracked, worldwide. Returns accepted within 14 days.
- Date
- 1858
- Technique
- Chromolithograph
- Coloring
- Printed in color
- Condition
- Good. Light handling wear to the bottom right and top left corners; minor nicks along the right edge. Even age toning. Scattered light foxing and one larger brown spot in the margin.
- Period
- Late 19th century
- Section
- Further natural history
- Reference
- BG-12376-1-3
What the condition grades mean
- Excellent
- Bright and clean, with no faults worth mentioning.
- Very good
- Only light signs of age, such as faint toning.
- Good
- Normal signs of age for a sheet of this period: toning, some foxing, small marks or neat old repairs.
- Fair
- Clear faults such as staining, tears or repairs, priced to match.
Every fault we see is written in the condition note, and the whole sheet is shown uncropped in the photos.
This is an original antique botanical print, a chromolithograph printed in color, numbered plate III and lettered "PHARBITIS POLYMORPHA Sieb & de Vries VAR. CAERULEA VARIEGATA." A twining stem of morning glory climbs the sheet, carrying one fully open trumpet flower in deep violet blue with rose pink rays running into the throat, several long furled buds, and three lobed leaves splashed and edged with cream, the variegation named in the lettering. One large dark green leaf sits at the lower left, and a fine tendril curls away at the lower right.
The name is lettered in capitals with the authority "Sieb & de Vries" (Siebold and de Vriese) and the variety name caerulea variegata, meaning blue and variegated. Beneath it the line "L. Stroobant Sc & Lith à Gand." records that L. Stroobant engraved and lithographed the plate in Ghent. The plate number III. is printed at the top right. No artist is named on this plate.
The plate comes from the first volume of the Annales d'horticulture et de botanique, ou Flore des jardins du royaume des Pays-Bas, published at Leiden by A. W. Sythoff in 1858 for the Société royale d'horticulture des Pays-Bas under the patronage of King William III. The title page of this volume names Ph. Fr. de Siebold and W. H. de Vriese as its editors. The work recorded cultivated and ornamental plants grown in the Netherlands and introduced from the Dutch possessions in the East Indies, from America and from Japan. L. Stroobant was a lithographer working in Ghent (Gand in French).
The strong color and clear drawing make it a good choice for a study, a garden room or a hallway, framed singly or in a group of plates from the same work.
Condition: Light handling wear to the bottom right and top left corners; minor nicks along the right edge. Even age toning. Scattered light foxing and one larger brown spot in the margin.
This is an original antique print, not a modern reproduction. This item is sold unframed. Any framed or interior images are shown for presentation and inspiration only, unless the listing explicitly states that the item is sold framed.
