Tiger-Like Stanhopea (Tiger Orchid)

Minneapolis Institute of Art

Tiger-Like Stanhopea (Tiger Orchid)

after Augusta Innes Withers; Lithographer: Maxim Gauci; Printer: Paul Gauci; Author: James Bateman; Publisher: J. Ridgeway & Sons, London, for the author

Date
1838
Medium
Hand-colored lithograph
Department
European Art
Institution
Minneapolis Institute of Art

James Bateman's illustrated book on Central American orchids is considered the finest botanical book executed in lithography. It was so massive, however, that it was dubbed The Librarian's Nightmare. England, Europe

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