#80 Cardiaca foliis size-61-5-x-93-5 The color plate is from

The color plate is from a monograph on artist Ludwig Hohlwein's life and work

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Director: Walter Shumway

Handwritten on the bottom of the print are the pigments Gee mixed to create these colors

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#80 Cardiaca foliis size-61-5-x-93-5 The color plate is fromThe cardiaca plant may also be known as common motherwort, and contains many antioxidants, improving risk of heart disease and high blood pressure, for instance. This hand colored copper plate engraving is part of a collection of prints from the book Figures of the Most Beautiful Plants Described in the Gardeners Dictionary, published by Philip Miller in London in 1770. There were multiple contributing illustrators, including Georg Ehret. Condition: