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Australian Burtonia Conferta. Gompholobium confertum. Hand-coloured lithograph. Paxton c1838

Australian Burtonia Conferta. Gompholobium confertum. Hand-coloured lithograph. Paxton c1838

by Paxton, Joseph

Antique print of Australian Gompholobium confertum (Crowded-leaved Burtonia).

Original hand-coloured lithograph drawn and lithographed by Samuel Holden for Paxton's Magazine of Botany & Flowering Plants published c1839 by Joseph Paxton.

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 radical construction design of the Crystal Palace for the London Exhibition of 1851 - and was knighted in recognition of his achievements. 

Page size is 230 x150mm (9 x 6 inches)

Stock Number: apBot30Price: $165.00

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