Description: Original hand-colored lithograph, drawn and lithographed by Samuel Holden for Joseph Paxton's Magazine of Botany & Register of Flowering Plants, published in London c1840. Sir Joseph Paxton (1803-1865) was a hugely talented man. Starting as a gardener at 14, with little education, his enthusiasm, ability and application were rewarded by employment when 23 as Head Gardener of the Duke of Devonshire’s Chatsworth Estate - one of England’s finest gardens. Although best known as a landscape gardener, Paxton became both architect and engineer. His design for a glass house conservatory at Chatsworth served as a model for Paxton’s design of the Crystal Palace for London's Great International Exhibition of 1851 (for which he received his knighthood). Size is 9 x 6 inches. Print has been previously mounted as is evident on corners of paper. Overall good with bright coloration.
Price: 25 USD
Location: Lanexa, Virginia
End Time: 2024-05-05T16:29:58.000Z
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All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
Artist: Holden
Type: ANTIQUE PRINT
Year of Production: 1837
Date of Creation: Antique (Pre-1900)
Theme: Floral, Botanical
Features: Hand Tinted
Production Technique: Lithography
Original/Licensed Reprint: Original
Subject: Botanical
