Chromolithographs of The Great Water Lily

Opening flower of a gigantic water lily (Victoria Regia) by William Sharp (1803–1875).

A view of the form of a gigantic water lily by William Sharp (1803–1875).

English

These six magnificent colour lithographs the British-born printer William Sharp are to be found in “Victoria Regia, or, The Great Water Lily of America: With a Brief Account of its Discovery and Introduction into Cultivation“ (1854), a work by amateur botanist John Fisk Allen.

5,00€ – 50,00€

SKU william-sharps-chromolithographs-of-the-great-water-lily-1854 Categories Vintage Prints, William Sharp Tags botanical, floral, vintage

Description

William Sharp is credited with creating the very first chromolithograph on American soil — a portrait of Reverend F. W. P. Greenwood. These images produced for John Fisk Allen’s book are the “very first colour-printed lithographs produced in America”. With their bold and stunning depth of colours, these water lily images by Sharp stand out as some of the finest examples of chromolithography.