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Victorian palace entrance hall with marble table and abundant bouquet of daisies zinnias ageratum and calendula in crystal vase

The Ladies’ Flower Garden: Jane Webb Loudon and...

In 1840, Jane Webb Loudon published The Ladies’ Flower Garden of Ornamental Annuals — hand-coloured lithographs of extraordinary precision that brought Victorian botanical science to every garden. The story behind...

The Ladies’ Flower Garden: Jane Webb Loudon and...

In 1840, Jane Webb Loudon published The Ladies’ Flower Garden of Ornamental Annuals — hand-coloured lithographs of extraordinary precision that brought Victorian botanical science to every garden. The story behind...

The Auricula and Its Admirers: Nederlandsch Bloemwerk 1794 & the Gottorfer Codex

The Auricula and Its Admirers: Nederlandsch Blo...

The Auricula has been obsessively collected and painted for four hundred years. Two of its most exquisite portraits — J.B. Elwe’s 1794 Dutch engraving from Nederlandsch Bloemwerk and Hans-Simon Holtzbecker’s...

The Auricula and Its Admirers: Nederlandsch Blo...

The Auricula has been obsessively collected and painted for four hundred years. Two of its most exquisite portraits — J.B. Elwe’s 1794 Dutch engraving from Nederlandsch Bloemwerk and Hans-Simon Holtzbecker’s...

Victorian flower market with tin buckets overflowing with roses, camellias, dahlias, tulips and orchids on wooden shelves in warm morning light - LeBonJournal

The Florist and Garden Miscellany 1849: James A...

In 1849, The Florist and Garden Miscellany set a new standard for Victorian horticultural publishing — documenting roses, camellias, dahlias, orchids, and exotic specimens through James Andrews’ hand-coloured stone lithographs...

The Florist and Garden Miscellany 1849: James A...

In 1849, The Florist and Garden Miscellany set a new standard for Victorian horticultural publishing — documenting roses, camellias, dahlias, orchids, and exotic specimens through James Andrews’ hand-coloured stone lithographs...

1940s graphic designer's studio worktable with vintage London travel posters, gouache paints, brushes and layout sketches in mid-century design atmosphere

London on a Poster: The Golden Age of British T...

Between the 1920s and the 1960s, a generation of British graphic artists created the visual identity of London as the world knows it today — Big Ben, the red bus,...

London on a Poster: The Golden Age of British T...

Between the 1920s and the 1960s, a generation of British graphic artists created the visual identity of London as the world knows it today — Big Ben, the red bus,...

17th century English herbalist's table with fresh and dried medicinal herbs, handwritten botanical notebook, quill pen and warm natural light through leaded window

Nicholas Culpeper and the Complete Herbal: Medi...

In 1652, Nicholas Culpeper published The English Physician — a herbal written not in Latin for physicians, but in plain English for everyone. It was an act of radical generosity...

Nicholas Culpeper and the Complete Herbal: Medi...

In 1652, Nicholas Culpeper published The English Physician — a herbal written not in Latin for physicians, but in plain English for everyone. It was an act of radical generosity...

1920s Parisian Art Déco designer's atelier with geometric and floral pattern drawings in gouache, compass, ruler and brushes on the desk, warm natural light

Édouard Bénédictus and the Variations: Art Déco...

In 1928, Édouard Bénédictus published Variations Quatre-Vingt-Six — 86 decorative motifs that distilled the visual ambition of Art Déco into a single extraordinary volume. A story of textile design, geometric...

Édouard Bénédictus and the Variations: Art Déco...

In 1928, Édouard Bénédictus published Variations Quatre-Vingt-Six — 86 decorative motifs that distilled the visual ambition of Art Déco into a single extraordinary volume. A story of textile design, geometric...