Accession No

6285

Brief Description

‘Ausländische Kulturpflanzen’, set of 11 wall charts with colour lithographs of colonial economic botany / plants, artwork by Goering/Schmidt/Bukacz, published by F. E. Wachsmuth, German, c. 1890

Origin

Germany; Saxony; Leipzig

Maker

Goering [artist] Schmidt [artist] Bukacz [artist] Wachsmuth, F. E. [publisher] A. Pichlers Witwe and Sohn [dealer]

Class

prints; biology; natural history; demonstration

Earliest Date

1890

Latest Date

1910

Inscription Date

Material

paper, paint, linen edging

Dimensions

c.660mm x c.889mm

Special Collection

Provenance

Purchased from Dorotheum, A-1010 Wien, Dorotheergasse 17, Vienna, 02/07/2009.

Inscription

various captions, including ‘Goering-Schmidt-Bukacz’ or ‘Goering-Schmidt’, ‘Ausländische Kulturpflanzen’, and ‘.’ Some lithographs display a monogram FEW, identified as F.E. Wachsmuth.

Each chart has a caption describing the plant(s) shown in the image

Description Notes

‘Ausländische Kulturpflanzen’, set of 11 wall charts with colour lithographs of colonial economic plants, artwork by Goering/Schmidt/Bukacz, published by F. E. Wachsmuth, German, c. 1890. With dealer's label attached: 'A. PICHLERS WITWE & SOHN, WIEN' [Vienna].

All charts are paper with a central colour lithograph image. They are bordered in strengthening linen. Each one depicts a panoramic scene of harvest/production of one or more economic colonial plants, with inset enlarged depictions and/or dissections of the plant(s).

The charts bear captions naming the plants depicted in German and Latin. Adjacent to these are the artists’ names (Goering-Schmidt-Bukacz or Goering-Schmidt) and the series title ‘Ausländische Kulturpflanzen’. Opposite these in the lower right-hand corner are stickers bearing the inscription ‘A. PICHLERS WITWE & SOHN, WIEN.’ These have been placed over a printed inscription ‘Leipziger Schulbilderverlag von F.E. Wachsmuth L[eipzig]’

6285.1 Print showing men and women harvesting lemons and oranges. Caption reads ‘ZITRONE - CITRUS LIMONIUM’ and ‘APFELSINE - CITRUS SINENSIS’. Monogram FEW

6285.2 Print showing tobacco plantation. Caption reads ‘TABAK’. Marked ‘Nicotiana tabacum. L.’ adjacent to dissection of plant. Monogram FEW

6285.3 Print showing cocoa trees. Captions read ‘KAKAO’ and ‘Theobroma Cacao. L.’ Monogram FEW

6285.4 Print showing pepper and gum trees. Captions read ‘PFEFFER’, ‘Piper nigrum.’, ‘GUMMI’, and ‘Siphonia elastica.’ Monogram FEW

6285.5 Print showing coconut trees. Caption reads ‘KOKOSPALME. COCOS NUCIFERA’. Monogram FEW

6285.6 Print showing tea plantation with workers harvesting and drying tea leaves. Captions read ‘THEE.’ and ‘Thea viridis.’ Monogram ES

6285.7 Print showing fig, olive and laurel trees. Signed F. Bukacz. Captions read ‘FEIGENBAUM. FICUS CARICA’, ‘ÖLBAUM. OLEA EUROPAEA’, and ‘LORBEERBAU[M.] LAURUS NOBILIS’.

6285.8 Print showing cotton plantation with workers harvesting. Captions read ‘BAUMWOLLE’ and ‘Gossypium herbaceum. L.’

6285.9 Print showing sugar harvesting. Captions read ‘ZUCKERROHR’ and ‘Saccharum officinarum’. Monogram ES

6285.10 Print showing coffee bean gathering. Captions read ‘KAFFEE’ and ‘Cofea arabica.’ Monogram FEW

6285.11 Print showing rice cultivation. Caption reads ‘REIS. ORYZA SATIVA’. Monogram FEW

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