ELEVEN FRAMED MID-19TH CENTURY, OF THE PERIOD, ENGRAVINGS DEPICTING TYPES OF TREES BY ELIZABETH TWINING & MICHAUX.All plates are of the period as noted below. Framed in six frames as noted below. Four identically framed in black painted mouldings, handcolored copperplate engravings from F.A. Michaux's The North American Sylva, Published Philadelphia, 1852. Consisting of: Red Bay, Small Chestnut Oak, Pistacia Tree and Chene Guercitron. All measure 13 1/2" high x 10 3/8" wide; with a group of handcolored engravings from the same publication, all framed in one rustic dark brown frame. Plates in the same frame include: Pinus Pinea, American Larch, Pond Pine, Wild Pine or Scotch Fir, Cedar of Lebanon, Amercan Silver Fir or Balm of Gilead Fir. 23 3/4" high x 23 13/16" wide. With a framed Elizabeth Twining handcolored lithograph, from the Natural Order of Plants, published London, 1849-55, entitled The Fir Tribe, 25 1/8" high x 19 3/4". In a black painted frame similar to the four single prints. (6 frames total).
Memo #2536. Estimate $400-500
From the Collection of The Old Print Gallery, Washington, DC.
