
Atropa Belladonna - Deadly Nightshade - Medical Botany - Vintage Botanical Illustration

by Studio Grafiikka
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Atropa Belladonna - Deadly Nightshade - Medical Botany - Vintage Botanical Illustration
Artist
Studio Grafiikka
Medium
Digital Art - Digital Art
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Atropa Belladonna - Deadly Nightshade - Medical Botany - Vintage Botanical Illustration
This is a beautifully detailed botanical illustration from the 1831 book, 'Medical Botany', jointly illustrated by Dr. John Stephenson and James Morss Churcill. The subject of these vintage illustrations are plants and herbs with a medicinal value and there are over 150 hand-painted panels that form the book. This book and the illustrations therein brought new knowledge to the western world about the identification and classification of these medicinal plants.The book contains accurate, realistic, hand-made sketches of plants and herbs and it is considered a major milestone in organizing and consolidating the knowledge of medicinal plants. To nature lovers, botanists and natural medicine practitioners, panels from this work can be an excellent choice as a collectors item. These handmade works of art are some of the finest examples of botanical illustrations and these have been reproduced here in high resolution to be used as art prints, tapestries and more.
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March 8th, 2023
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