Flowers of Kew Royal Botanic Garden 350 years of flower paintings/old books/ancient books/illustrated books/floral art

With a beautiful gilt spine and bright outer cover, this book contains many botanical illustrations. The author has selected the stories of artists in residence, expedition painters, inspired amateurs and official illustrators who made the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew famous around the world. . The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, has a long tradition of flower painting and botanical illustration that has created an extraordinary national heritage for three and a half centuries. The eighteenth century was a period of imaginative and botanical art flourishing, not least because of royal patronage. Princess Augusta and the Earl of Bute helped establish the foundations of the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew, while Queen Charlotte herself was a Painter, her enthusiasm turned botany into a national passion. For the Victorians, the exotic plants discovered during heroic expeditions were emblematic of the era: Joseph Hooker discovered rhododendrons in the Himalayas, and soon the flowers were blooming in gardens across Britain. These are the extraordinary meanings of plants to the old Victorian era. Illustrated Book ◸ Flowers at Kew: 350 Years of Flower Paintings at the Royal Botanic Gardens Published ◸ 1988 Packaging◸ Hardcover book Dimensions ◸ 27.4 x 19.8 cm Pages ◸ 208