Tulips - The Changeable Tulip 1756 - 1757

Unknown artist

Paper
37 ⨯ 23 cm
€ 1.350

Inter-Antiquariaat Mefferdt & De Jonge

• About the artwork
  “Tulips. - The Changeable Tulip; The Golden Tulip; The Bleeding Tulip; The Pearl Crimson Tulip; The Auriflame or Gold and Scarlet Tulip; The White & Purple Tulip” Kopergravure uit een van de mooiste boeken over bloementuinen “Eden: or, a complete body of Gardening. Containing plain and familiar directions for raising the several useful products of a garden. Together with the culture of all kinds of Flowers, according to the methods of the English, French and Dutch Florists”, uitgegeven door Sir John Hill te Londen 1756-57. Later met de hand gekleurd. Afm (plaatrand) 37,5 x 23 cm. John Hill (1714? – 1775) was een harde werker, vol energie en een kundig vakman. Hij was echter ook verwaand, excentriek en zelf ingenomen: eigenschappen niet erg bevorderlijk voor zijn populariteit. Op zoek naar rijkdom en erkenning had hij verschillende valse starts die hem leidden langs een flink aantal beroepen: apotheker, botanicus, acteur, tuinman (hij zou hebben geholpen bij de aanleg van Royal Botanic Gardens in Kew en was tuinman op Kensington Palace), maar bovenal was hij productief auteur op velerlei gebied (de lijst van titels op zijn naam in de Oxford Dictionary of National Biography beslaat vijf en een half kolommen). De gravure met de tulpen uit Hill’s Eden, is gemaakt naar ontwerp van de Nederlandse bloemenschilder Jan van Huysum. Prijs: Euro 1.350,- (incl. lijst)
• About the artist

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