Engraving from 1889 - Scaly Fern by A. Pratt - Botanical Plate

✨ Authentic engraving from 1889 (137 years ago). This is not a modern reproduction, but a genuine antique engraving. ✨ Subject: Scaly fern. 🌿 Artist: Anne Pratt. 🌿 Size: 15 X 24 cm. 🌿 Edition: 1889. 🌿 Elegant, vintage ivory-white paper. 🌿 Condition: Good condition, possible signs of age. See photos. Anne Pratt (1806 – 1893) was a brilliant English botanical illustrator, whose bright and detailed works ignited a passion for flowers in her Victorian audience. Her books beautifully combined science, art, and the wonder of nature. This engraving belongs to a collection of botanical plates from the 19th century, published in 1889, in a major work by Anne Pratt dedicated to British flora. It finely illustrates the artistic and scientific craftsmanship of the time, blending naturalistic precision with decorative elegance. Authentic and original, this plate reflects the richness of botanical knowledge and the growing interest in nature in the 19th century. A true time capsule, it combines beauty and education, making each copy a precious fragment of natural history. A magnificent botanical illustration featuring a scaly fern with its characteristic fronds bearing brown and golden scales on the underside. The plate shows the entire plant with its root system as well as details of the protective scales that give this rock-dwelling species its name. 🌸 Secure shipping: Rigid protection to ensure condition upon arrival. 🌸 Bulk purchase: Possible discounts for purchasing multiple plates. Contact me to optimise shipping costs. 🌸 More choices in my shop - Browse my other lithographs and prints for more botany and zoology. Reference: 104-1-301. Text inscribed on the engraving: Translation: Asplenium ceterach (Ceterach officinarum) --- Decoration, vintage, rock-dwelling, wall, scales.