{"product_id":"benthamia-fragifera","title":"Benthamia fragifera","description":"\u003cp align=\"CENTER\" style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #20124d; font-size: large;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan size=\"4\"\u003eBenthamia fragifera\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"CENTER\" style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #20124d; font-size: large;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan size=\"4\"\u003eHere we witness one of the first attempts using a steel plate instead of a copper plate for printing fine quality botanical prints. First used in England about 1820 it soon replaced the \"soft\" copper material. This astonishingly fine steel aquatint shows how much diligence and artistic attention the new medium received by the artists experimenting with it. After all they were expected to show that the copper plate could indeed be replaced.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"CENTER\" style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #20124d; font-size: large;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan size=\"4\"\u003eSteel aquatint in original hand coloring. Engraved after Miss Drake for the \"Transactions\"\u003cbr\u003eof the Royal Horticultural Society of London. Ca 1820.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"CENTER\" style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #20124d; font-size: large;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan size=\"4\"\u003eVery l ight fraying on left and right edges. Light crease along bottom edge.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"CENTER\" style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #20124d; font-size: large;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan size=\"4\"\u003e30.2 x 24 cm ( 11.8 x 9.4 \")\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"CENTER\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Philographikon Antique Maps and Prints","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49940980826267,"sku":"aur1793047902084","price":105.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0766\/5365\/8267\/files\/benthamia-fragifera_1.jpg?v=1793047905","url":"https:\/\/chicglamwear.shop\/products\/benthamia-fragifera","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}