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A Selection of Hexandrian Plants, belonging to the natural order of Amaryllidae and Liliacae: Tiger Lily

Robert Havell (British, 1769-1832)1831-32

The Cleveland Museum of Art

The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States

The late 18th century saw the development of color printing, a laborious process in which the image is built up from separate plates for each color. Applying Newton’s theory of color, a plate was prepared for each of the three primary colors (blue, yellow, and red) as well as for a darker color (usually black, to provide a unifying background tone). These plates, too, were often embellished with hand work in watercolor

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  • Title: A Selection of Hexandrian Plants, belonging to the natural order of Amaryllidae and Liliacae: Tiger Lily
  • Creator: Robert Havell (British, 1769-1832)
  • Date Created: 1831-32
  • Type: Print
  • Rights: CC0
  • External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1946.252
  • Medium: aquatint
  • Department: Prints
  • Culture: England, 19th century
  • Credit Line: In memory of Mrs. Hermon A. Kelley
  • Collection: PR - Aquatint
  • Accession Number: 1946.252

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