C19th Gallery

Lilac

Hand-coloured printed lithograph entitled Lilac, lithographed by Charles Joseph Hullmandel (1789-1850) after an original by Valentine Bartholomew (1799-1879). From Bartholomew's A Selection of Flowers Adapted Principally for Students, published in London by R. Ackermann in 1821-1822. Bartholomew's book includes 36 hand-coloured lithographs and is one of the first works to employ lithography for botanical illustration. Plate [23]

The Morello Cherry

Watercolour by Willliam Hooker of the Morello Cherry fruits, blossom and leaves. This is taken from one of ten volumes known as Hooker's Fruits which were commissioned by the RHS to help reform the nomenclature of cultivated fruit. Date: 1818

Blossom, C19th, Cherries, Cherry, Dessert, Edible, Fruit, Fruits, Illustration, Illustrations, Nineteenth, Red, Rosaceae, Sweet, Vertical, Water Colour, Watercolours

Hamlet by John Masey Wright, 19th Century

SBT 2015-11. Sketches by John Masey Wright O.W.S., C19th
SBT 2015-11/1. Hamlet. Pencil and Wash drawing by John Masey Wright (1777-1866), O.W.S. From an album of J.M. Wright drawings. Hamlet, Act 1 Scene 4, "It will not speake: then I will follow it". Depicting Hamlet making ready to follow the ghost of his father, restrained by Horatio and Marcellus. Mounted and unglazed. (Mount: 295 x 305mm. Sketch 125mm x 150mm)

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