Credit: © The Royal Society
Image number: RS.9460
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'Satyrium mas’
Date
1750
Creator
Elizabeth Blackwell (1707 - 1758, British) , Illustrator
Object type
Library reference
RCN 28651
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 300mm
width (print): 190mm
width (print): 190mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Botanical study of the ‘Satyrium mas’ (male satyrium or satyrion orchid). Plate 53 from Herbarium Blackwellianum, vol.1 [Centuria I], by Elizabeth Blackwell (Nuremberg, 1750).
Object history
Elizabeth Blackwell's herbal for apothecaries, including many species recently discovered in the Americas, was first issued in weekly parts in 1730s London. Elizabeth drew the plants from specimens provided by the Chelsea Physic Garden, engraving the copper plates for printing and hand-colouring the printed images. This picture is from the revised and enlarged edition, edited by Christopher Jacob Trew FRS, published in Germany 20 years later.
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