1754
ink
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Cross-vine (Bignonia capreolata) is a 1754 ink by Mark Catesby, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This image shows a plant with bright yellow and orange trumpet-shaped flowers. The leaves are long and pointed, and there’s a long brown seed pod on the left side. The whole plant is drawn carefully, with colors added by hand. The artist focused on every detail, like the tiny veins in the leaves and the shape of the buds. This was part of a book about plants, published long ago. Want to know more? Check out etching to see how artists like this made prints.
Mark Catesby (24 March 1683 – 23 December 1749) was an English naturalist who studied the flora and fauna of the New World.
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