20 Vintage Flower Prints for a Moment of Delicate Beauty

20 Vintage Flower Prints for a Moment of Delicate Beauty
From Curtis's botanical magazine v.23-24 (1806). (Via Biodiversity Heritage Library)
Ingrid Longauerová
1/16/2014
Updated:
7/18/2015

Spring blossoms in vintage drawings bring a nostalgic charm. Compiled in an online database by Biodiversity Heritage Library, the prints are from a time when the beauty of nature was documented skillfully and patiently by hand rather than by photographs.

Escape to a 19th century garden with more of these prints on the library’s Flickr page.

Ingrid Longauerová is a long time employee at the Epoch Media Group. She started working with The Epoch Times as a freelance journalist in 2007 before coming to New York and work in the Web Production department. She is currently a senior graphic designer for the Elite Magazine, a premier luxury lifestyle magazine for affluent Chinese in America produced by the EMG.
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