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Lot 1604

Three Botanical Engravings, Brookshaw, Miller

Estimate: $1,000 - $1,500

Bid Increments

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$0 $25
$100 $50
$1,000 $100
$2,000 $200
$3,000 $250
$5,000 $500
$10,000 $1,000
$20,000 $2,000
$50,000 $5,000
$100,000 $10,000

(18th/19th century)

One, George Brookshaw (British, 1751–1823), Amicua Melon, from Pomona Britannica, London, 1812, plate 17-3/4 x 14-3/4 in.; two, John Miller, Classis XIII. Ordo V. Polyandria Pentagynia Aquilegia (columbine), 1773, and Classis XVI. Ordo II. Monadelphia Decandria Geranium, 1774, from An Illustration of the Sexual System of Linnaeus, plates 17-3/8 x 11-7/8 in.; modern frames, largest 29-1/2 x 25-1/2 in.

Provenance: W. Graham Arader III, New York (Amicua) (accompanied by original receipt); Collection of Marion and Theodore Gore, Williamsburg, Virginia

Condition

not examined out of frames, light toning and foxing; frames with abrasions