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The Silverweed

Order Item FWF-P4

$20.00

Antique botanical print from series titled "Familiar Wild Flowers" published by Cassell and Company, Ltd between 1878-1884. Illustrated and described by Frederick Edward Hulme who was born March 1841 in Hanley, Staffordshire, England and moved to London in 1844. He began studying art at South Kensington in 1858. In 1870 he was hired as art and drawing master at Marlborough College. In 1886 he was made professor of geometrical drawing at King's College. In 1896 he was made professor of geometrical and freehand drawing, again at King's College. He published and illustrated several works before passing away April 1909 in Kew, England.

This particular print is of a flowering plant, Potentia anseria. The Silverweed flowers are large and golden in tint. Leaves are thickly clothed with a felting of soft hair which gives the effect of a greyish white appearance noticeable in frosted silver. It spreads rapidly by long creeping runners and favors dampness. In the Middle Ages, Silverweed was employed to relieve sciatica and other inflammations, although no medicinal value is now attached.

Print measures 5" wide X 7 1/2" tall and is in excellent condition for the age. Four additional descriptive text pages containing two black and white drawings are included with the purchase of this fine print.

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