Botanical print: Oleander (Édouard Hocquart, 1821)
Édouard Auguste Patrice Hocquart (1789–1870) was a French publisher, writer, artist and engraver, noted for his colour plates illustrating Joseph R. Roques's (1772-1850) materia medica publication Phytographie médicale of 1821-24.
About this illustration
This botanical print shows oleander (Nerium oleander) from Joseph Roques’ Phytographie médicale, published in Paris in parts between 1821 and 1824, with colour plates drawn and engraved by Édouard Hocquart. The oleander plate appears in volume 1 as plate 76, noted under Roques’ work with Hocquart credited.
Craft & finishOur French botanical art print is made on hand-processed paper, highlighted with subtle gold and sealed with beeswax for an authentic parchment feel. Please note that colors can look slightly different from screen to screen.
Find more prints like this in the Botanical Art collection.
Oleander (1821.) Print - Edouard Hocquart
CARE INSTRUCTIONS:
In case your print creases during the travel, as it usually does travel for some time, you can safely warm it up with a hair-dryer, and the wax will melt back right into it. You can also use a lighter, which is a much faster method, but be careful to keep the flame either above the paper or parallel to it (which means holding the paper vertically) so it doesn't smudge or even catch fire. The chance of the print actually creasing is very small, as they are rolled in bubble-wrap and shipped in a cardboard box. Also, be sure to keep the print out of the direct sunlight, as it can melt or fade.
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