Botanical print

Date1734-1735

Artist/Maker Bartholomew Seuter

Publisher Johann Weinmann

OriginEurope, Germany, Ratisbon

MediumBlack and white line engraving and printed color

DimensionsO: 14 3/4" X 9 3/4"; Plate: 13 1/4" X 8 3/8"

Credit LineMuseum Purchase

Object number1961-63

DescriptionUpper left corner: "N1022"
Lower right corner reads: "a. Xylofteum Italicum; b. Xylo=/ steum Virginianum foliis crispis/ variegatis. c. Xylosteum vel Pericly= / menum rectum, Kerferfirschen. d. Yuc= / ca Americana filamentosa./ S."
Label TextIn figure a the leaves grow up and off a central stem; in b continues the leaf growth; c shows leaves, berries, and a trumet-like flower; d is a large many leaved, many tendriled growth, possible an enlarged view of a flower bloom.

This plate is from Johann Wilhelm Weinmann's publication of vegetables, herbs, plants, and flowers: "Phytanthoza Iconographia." The plates are among the earliest examples of color plate printing.
MarkingsN. 1022