Vintage botanical illustrations - Giant crepe-myrtle tree
by Moira Risen
Title
Vintage botanical illustrations - Giant crepe-myrtle tree
Artist
Moira Risen
Medium
Drawing - Digitally Restored Drawing
Description
Vintage botanical illustration of a giant crepe-myrtle tree (Lagerstroemia speciosa/regia), also known as Queen's crepe-myrtle, banabá plant and Pride of India.
The original drawing was made by Madame Berthe Hoola van Nooten for a 19th century book portraying exotic tropical flowers, fruits and plants from the island of Java. Digitally restored and cleaned.
There are 39 more drawings in the collection, all available as print.
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August 29th, 2019
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