Darvill's Rare Prints, fine antique prints and rare maps since 1918! Darvill's Rare Prints, fine antique prints and rare maps since 1918!
Antique prints from Darvill's since 1918 Rare Maps and Charts Limited edition prints from Alaska's most famous artist Rie Munoz Darvill's Rare Prints homepage About Darvill's Rare Prints
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Plate 14
(AZ)
$250


Plate 40
$175

Plate 40
Plate 41
$175

Plate 47
Plate 47
$200

Plate 33
Plate 33
$225

Plate 27
Plate 27
(AZ)
$200

Plate 48
Plate 48
$150

Plate 13
Plate 13
$225

Plate 34
Plate 34
(AZ)
$175

Plate 29
Plate 29
$150

Plate 22
Plate 22
(AZ)
$225

Plate 11
Plate 11
$225
 

Plate 45
Plate 45
$150

Plate 9
Plate 9
(AZ)
$150
We also have a nice selection of Jane Loudon's "British Wild Flowers".
Please email us if you are interested in a certain variety from either series.
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Jane Wells Loudon (1807-1858)
"The Ladies Flower-Garden of Ornamental Annuals" 1842
Hand-coloured lithographic plates by Day & Haghe. Sheet size: apporx. 8 ½ x 11 inches.
Some plates have mild foxing, photos below do not do justice to the beauty
of these botanicals! They are spectacular.
All Loudon prints below are matted and shrink-wrapped, thus the glare on photo.

Illustrated floral publications for gardeners were extremely popular in the 19th century. Some specialized in flower gardens maintained by ladies. The most popular of these was created by Jane Wells Loudon who published the "Ladies Flower Garden" beginning in 1842 with 48 hand-coloured lithographs covering ornamental annuals. She later added 5 publications covering other flowers grown in ladies' flower gardens.

Mrs. Loudon's love of flowers is apparent in this statement from her introduction to the first publication:

"The love of flowers is calculated to improve our best feelings, and subdue our bad ones; and we can hardly contemplate the beauty and richness of a flower-garden withou feeling our hearts dilate with gratitude to that Almighty Being who has made all these lovely blossoms, and given them to us for our use."

The popularity of these florals remains one and a half centuries later, and Mrs. Loudon's florals are still highly sought after by collectors and decorators. We were fortunate in obtaining a copy at a London auction and now present the same to supplement our already outstanding collection of floral prints.