Oleander - Édouard Hocquart, 1821. (Oleander Wall Art)
This print feels light, clean, and easy to live with. The soft pink flowers sit at the top, the long leaves run down the page, and the open space keeps it calm on the wall. It works well as botanical wall art in a kitchen, hallway, bedroom, or a quiet reading corner, and it mixes nicely with other art prints if you are building a simple gallery wall for relaxed home decor.
About this print
This print is based on an oleander plate 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 page appears in volume one as plate 76, with Hocquart credited under Roques’ work.
Books like this were used as “materia medica”, basically plant reference guides for doctors and pharmacists. You can see that purpose in the drawing: the flower cluster, buds, and narrow leaves are shown clearly for quick identification, with the plant’s Latin name listed as Nerium oleander. If you like medicinal-plant pages, compare it with Ipomoea purga for a similar reference-book feel.
Craft & finish
This 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 our Botanical Art collection.
Oleander (Édouard Hocquart, 1821.) - Vintage Botanical Print
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.
Visit the link below to see more about how our replicas are made, how to display them, and repair the damage:
https://www.artifex-replicas.com/post/about-our-parchment-replicas
