Description: Antique Joseph Mansell "Arachnanthe Clarkei" Orchid Lithograph Tab 65. This is was taken from the world famous and extremely rare Reichenbachia, Orchids illustrated and described book by Henry Frederick Conrad. The book was named in honour of Heinrich Gustav Reichenbach (1824-1889), ornithologist, botanist and celebrated orchidologist The work is in good shape for its age with great color and appears to have been folder kept and never displayed. Comes with the attached paper cover. This orchid was originally painted by Henry G Moon, with the chromolithograph being produced in London. This is one of 192 hand-finished chromolithographic plates drawn on stone by Joseph Mansell (124), Gustav Leutzsch (62), J.L. Macfarlane (3) and Gustav Leutzsch's successors (3), after Henry G. Moon (178), Walter Hood Fitch (2), A.H. Loch (4), Georg Hansen (1), Chas. Storer (1), T. Walton (1), J.L. Macfarlane (3) and 2 unsigned, printed by Joseph Mansell (124), Gustav Leutzsch (62), M. & N. Hanhart (3) and Gustav Leutzsch's successor (3) that were in the original book. Measures around 15 1/2 by 21 inches Please see the photos for more details. I will ship lithograph flat with tracking and insurance.
Price: 400 USD
Location: San Pedro, California
End Time: 2025-01-14T17:32:25.000Z
Shipping Cost: 20 USD
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Item Specifics
All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
Artist: Henry G Moon
Type: Print
Item Height: 21 in
Theme: Art, Nature, Orchid, Flower, Reichenbachia
Style: Realism
Item Length: 16 in
Production Technique: Chromolithograph
Original/Licensed Reprint: Original
Framing: Unframed
Country/Region of Manufacture: United Kingdom
Subject: Flowers, Orchid, Art
