Handcolored Collection

Papaver Rhoeas (Common Poppy), 1811-1818 (hand-coloured lithograph)
986407 Papaver Rhoeas (Common Poppy), 1811-1818 (hand-coloured lithograph) by German School, (19th century); 48x39.5 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Papaver Rhoeas (Common Poppy)

Le Sanguin, 1780 (hand-coloured engraving, highlited in gold and silver)
985787 Le Sanguin, 1780 (hand-coloured engraving, highlited in gold and silver) by Martinet, Francois Nicolas (1731-1800); Private Collection; (add.info.: Le Sanguin)

Laurel Tree, 1731-1743 (hand-coloured etching)
986443 Laurel Tree, 1731-1743 (hand-coloured etching) by Catesby, Mark (1679-1749); Private Collection; (add.info.: Laurel Tree. From The Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama Islands)

Leo Belgicus, showing the Low Countries in the shape of a lion
985836 Leo Belgicus, showing the Low Countries in the shape of a lion, 1586 (hand-coloured engraving) by Austrian School, (16th century); 36.8x44.4 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Leo Belgicus)

Boltons Dragon-fly (Libellula boltonii), 1807 (hand coloured engraving)
986301 Boltons Dragon-fly (Libellula boltonii), 1807 (hand coloured engraving) by Donovan, Edward (1768-1837); Private Collection; (add.info.: Boltons Dragon-fly (Libellula boltonii). Plate 430, Vol

The Lamb, 1789 (hand-coloured relief-etching, watercolour)
985824 The Lamb, 1789 (hand-coloured relief-etching, watercolour) by Blake, William (1757-1827); 19.8x12.8 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: The Lamb. Plate 7 from Songs of Innocence)

Orange Fruit, Citrus Aurantium, Fructus, 1828 (hand-coloured lithograph)
986327 Orange Fruit, Citrus Aurantium, Fructus, 1828 (hand-coloured lithograph) by Strenzl, Ignaz (fl.1828) (after); 45.8x31 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Orange Fruit; Citrus Aurantium)

Iris Germanica, 1847 (hand-coloured engraving)
985712 Iris Germanica, 1847 (hand-coloured engraving) by Bauer, Ferdinand (1760-1826) (after); 47.4x33.3 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Iris Germanica. From Flora Graeca)

Viaduct across the Sankey Valley, 1831 (colour aquatints, partly hand-coloured)
1198423 Viaduct across the Sankey Valley, 1831 (colour aquatints, partly hand-coloured) by Bury, Thomas Talbot (1811-77) (after); 26.5x66 cm; Private Collection; Photo eChristies Images; English

A Map of Westmorland and Cumberland, 1576 (hand-coloured engraving)
985982 A Map of Westmorland and Cumberland, 1576 (hand-coloured engraving) by Saxton, Christopher (c.1542-c.1610); 38x48.5 cm; Private Collection; (add.info)

White flowers and green tea leaves, Thea bohea, Camellia sinensis
5856743 White flowers and green tea leaves, Thea bohea, Camellia sinensis by Sowerby, James (1757-1822); (add.info.: White flowers and green tea leaves, Thea bohea, Camellia sinensis)

View at St. Rollox Looking South East; Opening of the Glasgow and Garnkirk Railway
1198425 View at St. Rollox Looking South East; Opening of the Glasgow and Garnkirk Railway, 1832 (hand-coloured lithograph) by Hill

Ruffed Grouse, 1865 (hand-coloured lithograph)
991231 Ruffed Grouse, 1865 (hand-coloured lithograph) by Elliot, Daniel Girard (fl.1860-77); 59x47 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Ruffed Grouse; Bonasa Umbellus)

Map of Virginia and Florida, 1667 (hand-coloured engraving, vellum)
985771 Map of Virginia and Florida, 1667 (hand-coloured engraving, vellum) by Blaeu, Joan (1596-1673) (after); 54.6x35.7 (folio size) cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Map of Virginia and Florida)

Decorative botanical print with diosma, cactus, diplandia, golden dewdrop and dragon lily
5855563 Decorative botanical print with diosma, cactus, diplandia, golden dewdrop and dragon lily; (add.info.: Five ornamental shrubs including pink diosma (Diosma uniflora)

Decorative botanical print with black-eyed susan vine, bindweed and trumpet vine
5855548 Decorative botanical print with black-eyed susan vine, bindweed and trumpet vine; (add.info.: Three climbing plants including white black-eyed susan vine (Thunbergia alata)

Decorative botanical print with primrose, cyclamen, sage, dahlia and chrysanthemum
5855538 Decorative botanical print with primrose, cyclamen, sage, dahlia and chrysanthemum; (add.info.: Five ornamental plants including blue primrose (Primula sinensis)

Decorative botanical print with cinquefoil, cornflower, musk, saxifrage and Maltese cross
5855537 Decorative botanical print with cinquefoil, cornflower, musk, saxifrage and Maltese cross; (add.info.: Five ornamental plants including yellow cinquefoil (Potentilla)

Large buckeye tree, Pavia lutea
5855040 Large buckeye tree, Pavia lutea; (add.info.: Yellow flowers, leaves, fruit, chestnut of the Large buckeye tree, Pavia lutea)

Rose-flowering locust tree, Robinia viscosa
5855026 Rose-flowering locust tree, Robinia viscosa; (add.info.: Leaves, flower, pod and seed of the Rose-flowering or clammy locust tree, Robinia viscosa)

Catalpa tree, Bignonia catalpa
5855014 Catalpa tree, Bignonia catalpa; (add.info.: Flowers, leaf, pod and seed of the catalpa tree, Bignonia catalpa. Handcolored stipple engraving from a botanical illustration by Pancrace Bessa)

Cambridge Botanic Garden grape from John Lindley's "Pomological Magazine" 1828
5855765 Cambridge Botanic Garden grape from John Lindley's "Pomological Magazine" 1828; (add.info.: Cambridge Botanic Garden grape Vitis vinifera Handcolored copperplate engraving by)

Decorative botanical print with clove bush, venus flytrap, sainfoin and carolinea
5855566 Decorative botanical print with clove bush, venus flytrap, sainfoin and carolinea; (add.info.: Five ornamental shrubs including scarlet and white flowered clove bush (Syzygium aromaticum)

Decorative botanical print with tamarind, locust tree, chaste tree, barberry and viburnum
5855557 Decorative botanical print with tamarind, locust tree, chaste tree, barberry and viburnum; (add.info.: Five trees, including the tamarind tree (Tamarindus indica)

Decorative botanical print with hibiscus, rose, Japanese quince and berries
5855555 Decorative botanical print with hibiscus, rose, Japanese quince and berries; (add.info.: Ornamental shrubs for open ground, including white and crimson hibiscus, pink rose)

Decorative botanical print with crassula, rochea, cereus cactus and epiphyllum
5855549 Decorative botanical print with crassula, rochea, cereus cactus and epiphyllum; (add.info.: Five ornamental succulents including crassula, rochea, crimson flowered Cereus)

Decorative botanical print with hyacinth, muscari, iris, meadow saffron and wild tulip
5855540 Decorative botanical print with hyacinth, muscari, iris, meadow saffron and wild tulip; (add.info.: Five bulbous plants including purple hyacinth (Hyacinthus), blue grape hyacinth (Muscari)

Decorative botanical print with columbine, fuchsia, cineraria, carnation and vervain
5855536 Decorative botanical print with columbine, fuchsia, cineraria, carnation and vervain; (add.info.: Five ornamental plants including red and yellow columbine (Aquilegia Skinneri)

Five annuals including golden bartonia, Chinese carnation, and Chinese indigo plant
5855524 Five annuals including golden bartonia, Chinese carnation, and Chinese indigo plant.; (add.info.: Five annuals: golden bartonia (Bartonia aurea), Chinese carnation (Dianthus sinensis)

American aspen, Populus tremuloides, and American large aspen, Populus grandidenta
5855048 American aspen, Populus tremuloides, and American large aspen, Populus grandidenta; (add.info.: Leaves and aments of the American aspen, Populus tremuloides, and American large aspen)

Sweet locust tree, Gleditsia triacanthos
5855028 Sweet locust tree, Gleditsia triacanthos; (add.info.: Leaf, pod and seed of the sweet or honey locust tree, Gleditsia triacanthos)

Common alder tree, Alnus surrulata, and black alder, Alnus glauca (engraving)
5855024 Common alder tree, Alnus surrulata, and black alder, Alnus glauca (engraving); (add.info.: Leaves, aments and seed of the common alder tree, Alnus surrulata, and black alder, Alnus glauca)

Long-leaved cucumber tree, Magnolia auriculata
5855005 Long-leaved cucumber tree, Magnolia auriculata; (add.info.: Leaf, flower and cone of the long-leaved cucumber tree, Magnolia auriculata)

Ripe fruit and leaves of the Greengage plum, Prunus domestica italica
5854968 Ripe fruit and leaves of the Greengage plum, Prunus domestica italica; (add.info.: Ripe fruit and leaves of the Greengage plum, Prunus domestica italica)

Common carp, Cyprinus carpio 149, and three fishermen fishing with rod, net and line for carp in a river
FLO5004807 Common carp, Cyprinus carpio 149, and three fishermen fishing with rod, net and line for carp in a river. Handcolored copperplate engraving from Gottlieb Tobias Wilhelm's Encyclopedia

Greater pipefish, Syngnathus acus 54, and Sargassum pipefish. Handcolored copperplate engraving from Gottlieb Tobias
FLO5004869 Greater pipefish, Syngnathus acus 54, and Sargassum pipefish. Handcolored copperplate engraving from Gottlieb Tobias Wilhelm's Encyclopedia of Natural History: Fish, Augsburg, 1804

Wed's or Neuwied's hummingbird, Trochilus cyanogenys or Ornismya wiedii
FLO4660958 Wed's or Neuwied's hummingbird, Trochilus cyanogenys or Ornismya wiedii. Handcolored steel engraving by Coutant after an illustration by Jean-Gabriel Pretre from Rene Primevere

Amethyst woodstar, Calliphlox amethystina (Ornismya amethistina). Juvenile
FLO4660940 Amethyst woodstar, Calliphlox amethystina (Ornismya amethistina). Juvenile. Handcolored steel engraving by Coutant after an illustration by Jean-Gabriel Pretre from Rene Primevere

Berylline hummingbird, Amazilia beryllina (Ornismya arsinoe). Adult male. Handcolored steel engraving by Coutant after
FLO4660934 Berylline hummingbird, Amazilia beryllina (Ornismya arsinoe). Adult male. Handcolored steel engraving by Coutant after an illustration by Jean-Gabriel Pretre from Rene Primevere

Black-bellied thorntail, Discosura langsdorffi (Ornismya langsdorfii). Immature
FLO4660866 Black-bellied thorntail, Discosura langsdorffi (Ornismya langsdorfii). Immature. Handcolored steel engraving by Coutant after an illustration by Jean-Gabriel Pretre from Rene Primevere

Dark hummingbird, Aphantochroa cirrochloris (Ornismya simplex, Trochilus cirrochloris), albino variety
FLO4660811 Dark hummingbird, Aphantochroa cirrochloris (Ornismya simplex, Trochilus cirrochloris), albino variety. Handcolored steel engraving by Coutant after an illustration by Jean-Gabriel Pretre

Antillean mango, Anthracothorax dominicus aurulentus (Trochilus aurulentus). Juvenile male
FLO4660724 Antillean mango, Anthracothorax dominicus aurulentus (Trochilus aurulentus). Juvenile male. Handcolored steel engraving by Coutant after an illustration by Jean-Gabriel Pretre from Rene

Purple-throated carib, Eulampis jugularis (Trochilus auratus). Male. Handcolored steel engraving by Coutant after an
FLO4660652 Purple-throated carib, Eulampis jugularis (Trochilus auratus). Male. Handcolored steel engraving by Coutant after an illustration by Jean-Gabriel Pretre from Rene Primevere Lesson's

Dusky-throated hermit, Phaethornis squalidus (Trochilus squalidus). Handcolored steel engraving by Coutant after an
FLO4660636 Dusky-throated hermit, Phaethornis squalidus (Trochilus squalidus). Handcolored steel engraving by Coutant after an illustration by Jean-Gabriel Pretre from Rene Primevere Lesson's

Plovercrest or black-breasted plovercrest, Stephanoxis lalandi (Ornismya delalandii), juvenile
FLO4660882 Plovercrest or black-breasted plovercrest, Stephanoxis lalandi (Ornismya delalandii), juvenile. Handcolored steel engraving by Coutant after an illustration by Jean-Gabriel Pretre

Amazilia hummingbird (dumerilii), Amazilia amazilia dumerilii (Ornismya dumerilii). Adult male
FLO4661043 Amazilia hummingbird (dumerilii), Amazilia amazilia dumerilii (Ornismya dumerilii). Adult male. Handcolored steel engraving by Coutant after an illustration by Jean-Gabriel Pretre

Golden-tailed sapphire, Chrysuronia oenone (Ornismya oenone). Male adult. Handcolored steel engraving by Coutant after
FLO4660944 Golden-tailed sapphire, Chrysuronia oenone (Ornismya oenone). Male adult. Handcolored steel engraving by Coutant after an illustration by Jean-Gabriel Pretre from Rene Primevere

Broad-tailed hummingbird, Selasphorus platycercus (Ornismya tricolor). Handcolored steel engraving by Coutant after an
FLO4660860 Broad-tailed hummingbird, Selasphorus platycercus (Ornismya tricolor). Handcolored steel engraving by Coutant after an illustration by Jean-Gabriel Pretre from Rene Primevere Lesson's

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"Vibrant Hues and Artistic Flair: Exploring the World Masterpieces" Step into a world where artistry meets nature, as vivid colors breathe life into timeless creations. From the succulent Orange Fruit, Citrus Aurantium, captured in a delicate 1828 hand-coloured lithograph, to the majestic Iris Germanica blooming with grace in a stunning 1847 hand-coloured engraving - these masterpieces invite you to marvel at their beauty. Travel back in time to an era when artists meticulously added hues by hand, enhancing every detail of nature's wonders. The Laurel Tree stands tall and proud in a captivating 1731-1743 hand-coloured etching, while white flowers and green tea leaves intertwine harmoniously on Thea bohea Camellia sinensis - an exquisite portrayal that captivates both eye and soul. Venture beyond flora and fauna as architectural marvels take center stage. Behold the Viaduct across the Sankey Valley; its grandeur immortalized through colour aquatints partly touched by human hands. Meanwhile, Bolton's Dragon-fly (Libellula boltonii) takes flight in an enchanting 1807 hand-coloured engraving - showcasing intricate details that transport us into its mesmerizing world. Delve deeper into history with maps that tell tales of exploration and discovery. A Map of Virginia and Florida from 1667 reveals lands unknown yet brought to life through skilful engravings adorned with vibrant shades on vellum parchment. The artistic journey continues with Robert Havell's rendition of John James Audubon's Trumpeter Swan from 1838 - a testament to collaboration between two visionaries who sought to capture nature’s elegance for all eternity. Finally, immerse yourself in the ethereal beauty of Magnolia depicted on a delicately engraved plate dating back to 1750-1773, its hand-coloured details evoking a sense of tranquility.