The Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew.
Drawn by John O'Conner. Engraved by H. Adlard.
[n.d., c.1865.]
Steel engraving on india. 255 x 440mm (10 x 17¼") very large margins.
The Palm House of Kew Gardens, built 1844-48) by architect Decimus Burton and iron founder Richard Turner, the first large-scale structural use of wrought iron. Originally the glass was tinted green with copper oxide to reduce heat from the sun. Above the image is the crest of the Stationers' Company. The view was originally published as the Stationers' Almanack 1852, but this example appears to be from a later compilation.
[Ref: 43285] £320.00
[n.d., c.1865.]
Steel engraving on india. 255 x 440mm (10 x 17¼") very large margins.
The Palm House of Kew Gardens, built 1844-48) by architect Decimus Burton and iron founder Richard Turner, the first large-scale structural use of wrought iron. Originally the glass was tinted green with copper oxide to reduce heat from the sun. Above the image is the crest of the Stationers' Company. The view was originally published as the Stationers' Almanack 1852, but this example appears to be from a later compilation.
[Ref: 43285] £320.00