Leontodon Taraxacuma - Dandelion - Medical Botany - Vintage Botanical Illustration is a piece of digital artwork by Studio Grafiikka which was uploaded on March 10th, 2023.
Leontodon Taraxacuma - Dandelion - Medical Botany - Vintage Botanical Illustration
Leontodon Taraxacuma - Dandelion - Medical Botany - Vintage Botanical Illustration This is a beautifully detailed botanical... more
Title
Leontodon Taraxacuma - Dandelion - Medical Botany - Vintage Botanical Illustration
Artist
Studio Grafiikka
Medium
Digital Art
Description
Leontodon Taraxacuma - Dandelion - Medical Botany - Vintage Botanical Illustration This is a beautifully detailed botanical illustration from the 1831 book, 'Medical Botany', jointly illustrated by Dr. John Stephenson and James Morss Churcill. The subject of these vintage illustrations are plants and herbs with a medicinal value and there are over 150 hand-painted panels that form the book. This book and the illustrations therein brought new knowledge to the western world about the identification and classification of these medicinal plants.The book contains accurate, realistic, hand-made sketches of plants and herbs and it is considered a major milestone in organizing and consolidating the knowledge of medicinal plants. To nature lovers, botanists and natural medicine practitioners, panels from this work can be an excellent choice as a collectors item. These handmade works of art are some of the finest examples of botanical illustrations and these have been reproduced here in high resolution to be used as art prints, tapestries and more.
Uploaded
March 10th, 2023