3 Antique Botanical Flower Engravings Fletcher Furber Casteels Oct Feb Apr 25"

Description

Set of three framed antique colored botanical engravings from a series titled “Twelve Months of Flowers,” original produced in the 1730’s to advertise Robert Furber's plant and seed catalog. People could select the flowers of the month and buy the seeds by using the numbers referenced at the bottom. Furber commissioned painter Peter Casteels and engraver Henry Fletcher to create the images. Set includes February, April, and October.

Condition

Good Overall - Some wear to frame; yellowing to prints

Dimensions

19.75” x 0.875” x 24.75” / Sans Frame - 12.5” x 17” (Width x Depth x Height), one frame slightly smaller.