Alexander Peach, c. 1868 Hand-stenciled Watercolor Illustration from Horticultural Salesman Sample Catalog antique cow painting but just a couple of

but just a couple of perimeter ones

The transformation of the form of a silk curtain tassel into a solid iron one makes it feel like something of a surreal object to me

and there are tiny holes running along along the edges for hanging

or as a gift to a dear daughter on the anniversary of her arrival in the world

but give me some flowers painted on a shell

Alexander Peach, c. 1868 Hand-stenciled Watercolor Illustration from Horticultural Salesman Sample Catalog antique cow painting but just a couple ofThis Alexander peach, and a Wealthy apple listed separately today I don't find these often, but recently came across a handful, and I just think they're gorgeous. This would have been one page in a salesman sample type horticultural specimen catalogue (unbound, but held together in a folio I believe). This is not a lithograph rather, the peach and leaves here were rendered in a manner akin to a theorem watercolor, using multiple, hand cut stencils and