Who Painted This? #25

Who painted this? #25

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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 someone 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 to a greater extent than oftentimes than non associated amongst Botanical Gardens)

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

The engravings were drawn as well as coloured, as well as the botanical characters displayed according to the Linnean organization 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 every bit a botanical illustrator at Kew Gardens for unopen to l years.  Francis Masson was sent past times Kew Gardens to South Africa inward 1772 to collect the Ericas as well as choose them dorsum to Kew where Bauer as well as then illustrated them.

It's been said that Wilfrid Blunt "would unhesitatingly give showtime house to Francis [Franz] Bauer" every bit "the greatest botanical creative someone of all time".

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

A re-create of the volume was position upwards for auction at Bonhams - unbound as well as sold every bit a collection of plates dated 1793 was valued at betwixt £7,000 as well as £9,000 because of its botanical importance every bit the showtime tape of several species - only failed to sell.

Who guessed correct

It seems every bit if this fourth dimension it all depended on whether or non you lot recognised the flora every bit an erica (heather).

There were vi right answers, starting amongst Carol Lee Beckx (Art matters)

Others who got the reply right were:

• Colours as well as Textures
• Elisabeth
• Alyson Champ
• Margaret Best (via email)
• happyjacqui

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