Australian beautiful Anigozanthus coccineus Kangaroo Paw Antique Print c1835  E-mail this product to a friend

This elegant botanical specimen of Scarlet Anigozanthus illustrates one of the most distinctive of the Australian botanicals.

Original aquatint engraved by Frederick W. Smith, published in London circa 1835 by Sir Joseph Paxton for "Paxton's Magazine of Botany & Register of Flowering Plants".

Sir Joseph Paxton (1803-1865) was a hugely talented man. Starting as a gardener at 15 years of age, with no formal education, his skill and enthusiasm were rewarded by promotion at the age of 23 to Head Gardener on the Duke of Devonshire’s Chatsworth estate, one of England’s finest gardens. Although considered a landscape gardener, Paxton’s diverse talents gained him a reputation as both architect and engineer, particularly for his design of glasshouses. His design for the glass house conservatory at Chatsworth served as a model for Paxton’s design of the Crystal Palace for the London Exhibition of 1851. Apparently Paxton drew the intricate design for this building in under
nine days - on blotting paper!

Size of page 230mm x150mm ( 9" x 6")