(5) Framed English & American School Botanical Prints In Color

Lot description

(lot of 5) Collection of framed botanical prints on paper, including: (2) chromolithographs, after Joseph Andrews (American, 1806-1873), printed by Vincent Brooks, Day and Son, (one) Coleus Barbatus, sight: approx 10"h, 6.5"w, overall: approx 16.75"h, 13.5"w; (one) Blue Columbine, sight: approx 9.5"h, 6.5"w, overall: approx 14 3/8"h, 11 3/8"w; (2) mezzotints with hand-coloring, after John Edwards (English, 1742-1815), from "A Collection of Flowers Drawn After Nature and Disposed in a Ornamental and Picturesque Manner," each with light overall toning and foxing, (one) Putti Adorning Urn with Flowers, (one) Cherub Below Orange Tree, faint water stain at lower left corner, each sight: approx 13.75"h, 10.75"w, overall: approx 14.5"h, 11.5"w; (1) chromolithograph, "Acroclinium Roseum," after Edward Step (English, 1855-1931), sight: approx 8"h, 4.75"w, overall: approx 17"h, 13 3/8"w; 10.25lbs total Provenance: The estate and interior design collection of Gay Ratliff (Martha Gay Kokernot Ratliff, Austin, Texas, 1942-2023)