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JANE WEBB LOUDON, English (1807-1858)
Artist and author Jane Webb Loudon is known for her work illustrating three publications on English flowers as well as penning the early science fiction work The Mummy. Loudon was orphaned at age 17 upon her father’s death in 1824. Jane Loudon’s contribution to botanical art is remembered by three wonderfully illustrated works: The Ladies’ Flower Garden of Ornamental Bulbous Plants (1841); The Ladies’ Flower Garden of Ornamental Perennials (1843-1844); and British Wild Flowers (1846)
Sheet size: approximately 9. x 11 inches (portion under French mat) and frame 18.75 x 16.75 inch.
The present hand colored print is from The Ladies’ Flower-Garden of Ornamental Annuals (1844) and the title is:
1. Pale Perfoliate Honeysuckle 2. Common Honeysuckle 3. Fly Honeysuckle 4. The Linnaea (plate 40).
Condition: small perforations to dust cover backing as shown.
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