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Antique botanical print from series titled "Familiar Wild Flowers" published by Cassell and Company, Ltd between 1878-1884. Illustrated and described by Frederick Edward Hulme who was born March 1841 in Hanley, Staffordshire, England and moved to London in 1844. He began studying art at South Kensington in 1858. In 1870 he was hired as art and drawing master at Marlborough College. In 1886 he was made professor of geometrical drawing at King's College. In 1896 he was made professor of geometrical and freehand drawing, again at King's College. He published and illustrated several works before passing away April 1909 in Kew, England.
This particular print is of a flowering plant, Galeopsis tetrahit. The Hemp-Nettle is a somewhat rank and coarse-looking plant. Flowering during summer and autumn, it attains a height of some eighteen inches or two feet. The numerous flowers cluster near the summits of the stems, and are ordinarily coloured as represented, but at times mey be variegated.
Original print measures 5" wide X 7 1/2" tall and is in excellent condition for the age. This is not a reproduction. Four descriptive text pages containing two charming black and white drawings are included with the purchase of this fine print.