The Red Doyenne Pear
Sir William Jackson Hooker
HOSP004.07
"The Transactions of the Horticultural Society, which appeared in ten volumes between 1805 and 1848.
"Wm. Hooker did the most of the plates in the first five volumes, including many fine fruit plates which outnumber the flowers. A number of fine plates, carefully coloured, some of very fine-grained aquatint, the fruit prints in particular comparing with the best of Hookers work, " (Dunthorne). William Hooker was the official artist to the Horticultural Society of London.
Transactions of the Horticultural Society of London.
London, 1849
Stipple Engraving
8.75" x 11" paper size
Condition: A+