{"product_id":"flora-of-mentone-plate-19-ophrys-scolopax","title":"Plate 19 - Ophrys Scolopax","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eArtist:\u003c\/strong\u003e John Traherne Moggridge (1842-1874)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDate:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1864\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublication:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cem\u003eContributions to the Flora of Mentone\u003c\/em\u003e, Part I\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eStyle:\u003c\/strong\u003e Original Hand-Coloured Lithograph\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePaper Size:\u003c\/strong\u003e Approximately 10 x 6 inches (25.4 x 15.2 cm)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e Condition varies from plate to plate. Some examples show scattered foxing or light age-toning, as visible in the photographs. Foxing is the familiar brown spotting that can develop naturally on historic paper through age, oxidation and past environmental conditions. It is entirely consistent with a genuine nineteenth-century sheet and forms part of the character of these original 1864 prints. Please examine the image carefully before purchasing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDescription:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA scarce original botanical plate from John Traherne Moggridge's \u003cem\u003eContributions to the Flora of Mentone\u003c\/em\u003e, first issued in London by L. Reeve \u0026amp; Co. in 1864. Moggridge was both the botanist and the artist: the plants were drawn from his own close study of the flora of Mentone and the Mediterranean Riviera, then reproduced as lithographs and individually coloured by hand.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMoggridge was regarded by his contemporaries as an exceptionally careful naturalist. When the completed work was reviewed in \u003cem\u003eNature\u003c\/em\u003e in 1871, its illustrations were praised as beautifully drawn by the author himself and exquisitely coloured. The complete work ultimately contained 99 hand-coloured lithographic plates.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese are original leaves from the 1864 publication, not later reproductions. More than 160 years old, they retain the delicacy and individuality of nineteenth-century hand colouring and make unusually decorative botanical studies in their own right.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Traherne Moggridge","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53320778973451,"sku":"FOM1864-19","price":50.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0794\/7848\/9355\/files\/Plate_19_-_Ophrys_scolopax.jpg?v=1787649400","url":"https:\/\/www.archbooks.co.uk\/products\/flora-of-mentone-plate-19-ophrys-scolopax","provider":"Arch Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}