A Selection of Hexandrian Plants, belonging to the natural order of Amaryllidae and Liliacae: Tiger Lily (1831–32): Art, History and Details

A Selection of Hexandrian Plants, belonging to the natural order of Amaryllidae and Liliacae: Tiger Lily (1831–32) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection. The museum's creator attribution is Robert Havell (British, 1769–1832).

The work and its context

The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:

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

Object facts

• Title: A Selection of Hexandrian Plants, belonging to the natural order of Amaryllidae and Liliacae: Tiger Lily
• Date: 1831–32
• Creator attribution: Robert Havell (British, 1769–1832)
• Culture: England, 19th century
• Type: Print
• Technique: aquatint
• Collection: PR - Aquatint
• Department: Prints
• Accession number: 1946.252

Collection credit

In memory of Mrs. Hermon A. Kelley

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