![]() ![]() Only the typical form of all the more popular and interesting species, but also the In regard to the subjects for illustration, we hope in due course to figure not Goes, we have no reason to feel disappointed, for we find that Orchid growers, bothĪmateur and professional, are taking a marked interest not only in the plates but Support and encouragement to enable us to continue it, and, so far as our experience Orchid Album, in the confident expectation that we shall meet with sufficient These considerations have induced us to commence the publication of the Moreover, we have found that figures of the better varieties of His purchases, and in suggesting the various points of discreet and masterly Successful methods of growing them, its object being to supply such informationĬoncerning them as the Orchid Grower may be likely to find useful in directing Singular and captivating aristocratic plants, and also to the explanation of the most Of devoting a monthly publication to the illustration of the best forms of these Introduction and the cultivation of Exotic Orchids, have suggested the desirability ![]() The great advances which have been made within the last few years in the Produced by Stephen Hutcheson, Carol Spears and the Online *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE ORCHID ALBUM, VOLUME 1 *** To check the laws of the country where you are located before using this ebook.Ĭomprising coloured figures and descriptions of new, rare, If you are not located in the United States, you'll have The Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of Other parts of the world at no cost and with almost no restrictions This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere in the United States and most Robert Warner and Benjamin Samuel Williams and Thomas Moore The Project Gutenberg EBook of The Orchid Album, Volume 1, by They demonstrate unequivocally that Fitch added few extra touches apart from some finer shading.The Orchid Album, Volume I, by Robert Warner and Benjamin Samuel Williams: a Project Gutenberg eBook These drawings, signed by Miss Smith, differ little from the lithographs apart from being mirror images, as is characteristic of lithography. Fortunately, it can be answered, for the original pencil drawings Matilda Smith prepared for the Illustrations are at the Auckland Institute and Museum. The illustrations in Cheeseman's book are clearly skilfully done, but the extent to which their excellence is due to "retouching" by John Fitch when he made the lithographs is an interesting question. He added, "she owed much to John Fitch, who made some attractive lithographs from her rather hesitant sketches". He commented that she remained to the end a rather fumbling draughtsman, more remembered for her great pains and untiring efforts than for her skill. Wilfrid Blunt, in probably the most authoritative book on botanical art, The Art of Botanical Illustration, is critical of Matilda Smith's skills. In appreciation of his work, he received a Civil List pension a few years before he died. His artistic career was terminated in 1920 by an illness that resulted in the loss of the use of his fingers. He was elected a fellow of the Linnean Society in 1877. Williams (1882-97), and illustrations in Horwood's A New British Flora (1919). He was a talented artist whose work included the illustrations (in colour) for the eleven-volume The Orchid Album by R. He lithographed nearly 2,500 drawings for Curtis's Botanical Magazine, in a style difficult to distinguish from that of his uncle, from whom he had received most of his instruction in drawing. Fitch, who prepared the lithographs for the Illustrations, has been described as second only to his uncle, W.
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