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Original 140+-year-old chromolithographs and hand-coloured lithographs
by Walter H. Fitch and others
from various publications, published between 1841-1870s

Sheet size varies somewhat, but generally between approx. 5.875 x 9.5 and 6.75 x 10.75 inches.
If more precise measurements are required for a particular print, please enquire. Image size varies.

PLEASE CLICK ON THUMBNAIL IMAGES BELOW TO ASSESS EACH PRINT'S CONDITION
AS SOME FOXING OR OTHER AGE-RELATED CONDITIONS MAY EXIST.

Walter Hood Fitch

Walter Hood Fitch
(1817-1892)

Walter Hood Fitch, the most prolific of all botanical artists, was a typical product of the Victorian era, able and industrious; like Sir William and Sir Joseph Hooker, whom he served successively for more than half a century.

Otto Stapf said this of Fitch's method:
"Fitch had a marvelous power of visualising plants as they lived and of retaining their image in his memory. This emboldened him rather to treat his originals as sketches than to work them into finished pictures, with the result that when finally drawn on stone they underwent a certain generalization in which the type of the species came to life and took the place of a photographically true portrait. His colouring was equally bold, which must have been a veritable boon to the colourists, who could get the desired effect with simple washes." ("The Art of Botanical Illustration" by Blunt and Stearn.)

Achimenes

Achimenes
1. Rose Queen 2. Aurora 3. Stella

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Amy Hogg Pelargonium

Amy Hogg Pelargonium

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Anthurium Scherzerianum

Anthurium Scherzerianum

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Brodiaea coccinea

Brodiaea coccinea

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Canna iridiflora var

Canna iridiflora var

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Chrysanthemums

Chrysanthemums
1. Prince Alfred 2. Princess of Wales

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Clematis Duchess of Edinburgh

Clematis Duchess of Edinburgh

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Clematis Fortunei

Clematis Fortunei

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Clematis Lackmanni alba

Clematis Lackmanni alba

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Clematis Princess Mary

Clematis Princess Mary

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Cypripedium calurum

Cypripedium calurum

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Delphinium Alopecuroides

Delphinium Alopecuroides

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Gloxinias

Gloxinia
1. Scarlet Com(?) 2. Negro 3. Mdle Jeanne Prevost [title area trimmed]

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Gloxinias

Gloxinias
1. Duc de Cazes 2. Comtess de Flandre 3. Coupe d'Hebe 4. Nyethemeze

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Hibiscus syriacus Geleste

Hibiscus syriacus Geleste

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Indian Yellow Pelargonium

Indian Yellow Pelargonium

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Irichinium Mangliesii

Irichinium Mangliesii

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Lilium Auratum

Lilium Auratum

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Lonicera (? So) aureo-reticulata

Lonicera (? Sp.) aureo-reticulata

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Passiflora Hahnii

Passiflora Hahnii

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Pelargoniums

Pelargoniums
1. Regina Formosa 2. Competitor 3. Royal Albert 4. Belle of the Ball 5. Royalty

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Petunia phoenicia (Hender's strain)

Petunia phoenicia (Hender's strain)

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Picotees

Picotees
1. Morna 2. Rev. J. B. Camm 3. Lady Louisa

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Primula cortusoides

Primula cortusoides, vars.
1. amoena 2. striata 3. grandiflora

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Rhodanthe Maculata Rhodanthe Atrosanguinea

1. Rhodanthe Maculata
2. Rhodanthe Atrosanguinea

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Rhododendron Princess Alice

Rhododendron Princess Alice

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Rhododentron Bluebell

Rhododentron Bluebell

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Sarah Frost Camellia

Sarah Frost Camellia

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Skimmia oblata

Skimmia oblata

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Sunset. Variegated Pelargonium

Sunset. Variegated Pelargonium

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Talbot Princess Alexandra

1. Talbot 2. Princess Alexandra

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Tropaeolum polyphyllum

Tropaeolum polyphyllum

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Waitza Grandiflora

Waitza Grandiflora

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Plate 2

Plate 2

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Plate 7

Plate 7

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Plate 21

Plate 31

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Plate 37

Plate 37

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Plate 62

Plate 62

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THE PRINTS BELOW ARE "DOUBLE PAGE" PRINTS FROM FITCH, RIDGWAY, ANDERSON, AND OTHERS.
FROM VARIOUS PUBLICATIONS BETWEEN CA. 1841 TO CA. 1870.
THEY HAVE HORIZONTAL CENTER FOLDS, AS ORIGINALLY ISSUED. SIZES VARY AND ARE LISTED BELOW THE THUMBNAIL IMAGES.

Plate 43

Plate 43

"DOUBLE PAGE" print measuring about 10 x 12 inches
with horizontal center fold, as issued.

painted/drawn by Miss Drake
etched/engraved by Barclay
published by Ridgway, Aug 1, 1847

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Chrysanthemums

Chrysanthemums
1. Lady H. St. Clair 2. General Slade 3. Duchess of Wellington

"DOUBLE PAGE" print measuring about 9.375 x 11.125 inches
with horizontal center fold, as issued.

by W.H. Fitch

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Plate 19

Plate 19

"DOUBLE PAGE" print measuring about 9.75 x 12 inches
with horizontal center fold, as issued.

painted/drawn by Miss Drake
etched/engraved by Barclay
published by Ridgway, April 1, 1841

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Laelia Elegans Wolstenholmiae

Laelia Elegans Wolstenholmiae

"DOUBLE PAGE" print measuring about 9.75 x 12.75 inches
with horizontal center fold, as issued.

published by William MacKenzie, Edinburgh & Glasgow

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Laelia Elegans Wolstenholmiae

Laelia Elegans Wolstenholmiae

"DOUBLE PAGE" print measuring about 9.675 x 13 inches
with horizontal center fold, as issued.

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Clematis

Clematis
1. Duchess of Teck 2. Countess of Lovelace

"DOUBLE PAGE" print measuring about 9.5 x 13.25 inches
with horizontal folds, as issued.

Chromolith G. Severeyns

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Primula Japonica

Primula Japonica

"DOUBLE PAGE" print measuring about 9.75 x 12.5 inches
with horizontal center fold, as issued.

published by William MacKenzie, Edinburgh & Glasgow

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Saccolabium Blumei Russelianum

Saccolabium Blumei Russelianum

"DOUBLE PAGE" print measuring about 9.5 x 12.75 inches
with horizontal center fold, as issued.

published by William MacKenzie, Edinburgh & Glasgow

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Vanda Batemanii Grandiflora

Vanda Batemanii Grandiflora

"DOUBLE PAGE" print measuring about 9.5 x 12.75 inches
with horizontal center fold, as issued.

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