SILVERY HAIR-GRASS 1872 John Edward Sowerby PLANT PRINT
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- ID# : 224552969
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- Location : United Kingdom
- Seller : gregedwards (+22)
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- Start : Wed 30 Oct 2024 05:20:15 (EDT)
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Original 1872 6 1/2 inch x 9 7/8 inch coloured print titled AIRA CARYOPHYLLEA. SILVERY HAIR-GRASS.
Aira caryophyllea is a species of grass known by the common name silver hairgrass. It's a species of bunchgrass that is native to Europe, Africa, and Asia. It has been introduced to other continents, including North America, where it is naturalized and common. A light green grass with a silvery sheen on its spikelets before it dries and becomes straw-colored to white. The spikelets are borne on a spreading panicle inflorescence.
Drawn by John Edward Sowerby (1825 - 1870). A British botanical illustrator and publisher born in Lambeth, London.
From a disbound copy of English Botany; or, Coloured Figures of British Plants edited by John T. Boswell Syme
Third Edition Published in London in 1872 by by Robert Hardwicke, 192 Piccadilly.
The print is in very good condition. Reverse side blank.
Listing Information
| Listing Type | Gallery Listing |
| Listing ID# | 224552969 |
| Start Time | Wed 30 Oct 2024 05:20:15 (EDT) |
| Close Time | Run Until Sold |
| Starting Bid | Fixed Price (no bidding) |
| Item Condition | Used |
| Bids | 0 |
| Views | 33 |
| Dispatch Time | 2 Days |
| Quantity | 1 |
| Location | United Kingdom |
| Auto Extend | No |
| Date of Creation | 1800-1899 |
| Listed By | !Title |
| Originality | Original |
| Print Surface | Paper |
| Subject | Botanical |
