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FLO4688613: Aleut woman of the Aleutian islands, northern Pacific Ocean. She wears a cross on a necklace, earrings, and her hair in plaits. Taken from Louis Choris '” Picturesque Journey.”” Handcoloured lithograph by J. Bull from James Cowles Prichard's Natural History of Man, Balliere, London, 1855. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4688614: Woman of the Mapuche people, Araucania, Chile, in traditional poncho. In the 1890s, the Chilean government occupied the Araucania, forced the Mapuche into camps and decimated the population. Handcoloured lithograph by J. Bull from James Cowles Prichard's Natural History of Man, Balliere, London, 1855. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4688909: Damask rose, Rosa damascena, from Robert Tyas' “Queen of Flowers, or Memoirs of the Rose,” London, 1840. Unsigned handcoloured lithograph, but probably by James Andrews. Little is known about the artist James Andrews (1801 ~ 1876) apart from his work. This gifted artist taught flower-painting to young ladies and published a treatise “” Lessons in Flower Painting”” in 1835. Blunt calls him “” an illustrator of sentimental flower books,””” but admits that he was “” very talented.”” His signature JA can be found in many botanical gift books for publisher Robert Tyas from “” The Sentiment of Flowers”” (1836) to “” Flowers from Foreign Lands”” (1853). / Bridgeman Images
FLO4688911: Moss rose, Rosa muscosa, from Robert Tyas' “Queen of Flowers, or Memoirs of the Rose,” London, 1840. Unsigned handcoloured lithograph, but probably by James Andrews. Little is known about the artist James Andrews (1801 ~ 1876) apart from his work. This gifted artist taught flower-painting to young ladies and published a treatise “” Lessons in Flower Painting”” in 1835. Blunt calls him “” an illustrator of sentimental flower books,””” but admits that he was “” very talented.”” His signature JA can be found in many botanical gift books for publisher Robert Tyas from “” The Sentiment of Flowers”” (1836) to “” Flowers from Foreign Lands”” (1853). / Bridgeman Images
FLO4688952: Plaque showing King Priam of Troy begging Achilles for the body of his son Hector. Chromolithograph drawn by Grivell and lithographed by Parrot et Co. from Frederick Rathone's Old Wedgwood, the Decorative or Artistic Ceramic Work Produced by Josiah Wedgwood, Quaritch, London, 1898. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4688996: Portrait medallions of Sir Joshua Reynolds, Edward Bourne (bricklayer at Etruria, Wedgwood factory) and Sir William Hamilton. Chromolithograph drawn by Grivell and lithographed by Parrot et Co. from Frederick Rathone's Old Wedgwood, the Decorative or Artistic Ceramic Work Produced by Josiah Wedgwood, Quaritch, London, 1898. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4689001: Portrait medallions of Sir William Herschel, Ferdinand, King of Two Sicilies, and Governor William Franklin. Chromolithograph drawn by Grivell and lithographed by Parrot et Co. from Frederick Rathone's Old Wedgwood, the Decorative or Artistic Ceramic Work Produced by Josiah Wedgwood, Quaritch, London, 1898. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4689205: Vase with reliefs of Achilles (L), vase with Hercules in the garden of the Hesperides (C), and vase with reliefs designed by Lady Templeton (R). Chromolithograph by W. Griggs from Frederick Rathone's Old Wedgwood, the Decorative or Artistic Ceramic Work Produced by Josiah Wedgwood, Quaritch, London, 1898. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4689224: Prince of Wales Vase in jasper. With figure of Britannia and a lion, medallion of George, crown and feathers, with lion and horse at base. Chromolithograph by W. Griggs from Frederick Rathone's Old Wedgwood, the Decorative or Artistic Ceramic Work Produced by Josiah Wedgwood, Quaritch, London, 1898. / Bridgeman Images