Sujet
A Selection of Hexandrian Plants...: Tiger Lily, 1831-1832. Creator: Robert Havell (British, 1769-1832).
Légende
A Selection of Hexandrian Plants, belonging to the natural order of Amaryllidae and Liliacae: Tiger Lily, 1831-1832. The late 18th century saw the development of colour printing, a laborious process in which the image is built up from separate plates for each colour. Applying Newton?s theory of colour, a plate was prepared for each of the three primary colours (blue, yellow, and red) as well as for a darker colour (usually black, to provide a unifying background tone). These plates, too, were often embellished with hand work in watercolour
Crédit
Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art
Notre référence
HRM19F68_133
Model release
NA
Property release
NA
Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
72,6Mo (4,0Mo) / 34,6cm x 52,5cm / 4092 x 6204 (300dpi)