Tropical orchids

Lindenia Orchid Prints. HORIZONTALS. Published in Belgium c.1885 of varieties of orchids. The discovery of newly discovered species of Orchis was extremely popular during the 1800’s. There were orchid hunters exploring and bringing back specimens to cultivate and to show in curiosities, or natural history museums. These are hand finished color lithographs that are bold and clean. Each color seen was applied with key stoned limestone plates called lithographs. This was a very laborious antique printing method. Then finished generally with water coloring or gum Arabic, or egg white. The accentuations was all by hand. Each old print measures about 10 1/2 high x 13 1/2 wide. $125. each. Take 20% off three or more. Free US shipping on two or more.