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The White Campion
Order Item FWF-P46
$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, Lychnis verpertina. The White Campion reserves its full sweetness for the closing hours of the day, expanding its blossoms to the chill dews of the night. It is a biennial, rather coarse-looking plant of about two feet high, with large pure white blossoms that tend to attract attention. Ordinarily found in flower by about the middle of May and lasting until the end of October, the plant has stems and leaves clothed in long and conspicuous hairs. It has been suggested that the leaves of some of the species have either themselves been used, or are similar to the material used as a wick to a lamp.
Print measures 5" wide X 7 1/2" tall and is in excellent condition for the age. Four descriptive text pages containing two charming black and white drawings are included with the purchase of this fine print.
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