The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of January 30, 2023

A Collection of Flowers Drawn from Nature: Large Double China Aster

1798

John Edwards

(British)

England, late 18th-early 19th Century

Etching, hand colored

Image: 43.4 x 31.5 cm (17 1/16 x 12 3/8 in.); Platemark: 34 x 25 cm (13 3/8 x 9 13/16 in.)

Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland in honor of Mrs. William G. Mather 1955.460

Location

not on view

Description

Edwards was one of the best botanical draftsmen of the 18th century. Large Double China Aster is from a superb and extremely rare book with 77 plates illustrating a variety of beautiful flowers. The coloring is particularly fine owing to the use of pale printer’s ink that does not interfere with the delicacy of the watercolor.

Exhibition history

Flower and Fruit Prints and Drawings. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (May 25-October 10, 1960).

The Flowering of the Botanical Print. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (March 26-July 3, 2016).

Source URL: https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1955.460