Botanical print
Date1734-1735
Artist/Maker
Bartholomew Seuter
Publisher
Johann Weinmann
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.Mark(s)N. 1022ProvenanceBefore 1961, the Old Print Shop (New York, NY); 1961-present, purchased by the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation (Williamsburg, VA).
