Brand New!! Who Painted This? #25

Who painted this? #25

You in all likelihood take away to endeavor in addition to travel out where this is in addition to what fourth dimension of twelvemonth it is.  There's a few clues thence possess got a skilful look!

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Who Painted This #24 - The Answer

Erica massoni L.f.
(Delineations of Exotick Plants)
by Franz Bauer

• Title of the artwork: Erica massoni L.f.
• Name of the creative individual who created this artwork: Franz Bauer
• Date it was created: 1796-1803
• Media used: hand-coloured engraving
• Where it lives now: in Delineations of Exotick Plants (there are copies inward diverse libraries mostly associated alongside Botanical Gardens)

The picture relates to a rare volume which was commissioned past times Kew Gardens.  This hand-coloured engraving tin dismiss live on establish inward a volume called Delineations of exotick plants cultivated inward the Royal Garden at Kew .

The engravings were drawn in addition to coloured, in addition to the botanical characters displayed according to the Linnean organisation past times Francis Bauer (or Franz Bauer), "botanick painter to his majesty ; published past times W.T. Aiton, His Majesty's gardener at Kew."  Franz Bauer worked equally a botanical illustrator at Kew Gardens for near 50 years.  Francis Masson was sent past times Kew Gardens to South Africa inward 1772 to collect the Ericas in addition to convey them dorsum to Kew where Bauer in addition to thence illustrated them.

It's been said that Wilfrid Blunt "would unhesitatingly give root house to Francis [Franz] Bauer" equally "the greatest botanical creative individual of all time".

You tin dismiss see the whole volume inward the digital archive of the State Library of New South Wales

A re-create of the volume was set upwards for auction at Bonhams - unbound in addition to sold equally a collection of plates dated 1793 was valued at betwixt £7,000 in addition to £9,000 because of its botanical importance equally the root tape of several species - only failed to sell.

Who guessed correct

It seems equally if this fourth dimension it all depended on whether or non you lot recognised the industrial plant life equally an erica (heather).

There were 6 right answers, starting alongside Carol Lee Beckx (Art matters)

Others who got the reply right were:

• Colours in addition to Textures
• Elisabeth
• Alyson Champ
• Margaret Best (via email)
• happyjacqui

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