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Flower Chart for April


Flower Chart for April (from Robert Furber, Twelve Months of Flowers...London, 1730)
Designed by: Peter Casteels (Flemish (active in England) 1684–1749)
Engraved by: Henry Fletcher (English, active 1715–1744)
published 1730
Place of Publication: London

Medium/Technique Engraving, hand-colored
Dimensions Platemark: 42 x 32 cm (16 9/16 x 12 5/8 in.)
Sheet: 47.3 x 37.5 cm (18 5/8 x 14 3/4 in.)
Credit Line Bequest of George P. Dike—Elita R. Dike Collection
Accession Number69.132
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Dunthorne 113; Nissen 674
DescriptionFlower Chart for April from Robert Furber's "Twelve Months of Flowers". London 1730. The flowers of the Month are arranged in different vases or urns standing on a plinth....Each flower is numbered and named in the bottom margin.
ProvenanceElita R. Dike, Brookline; to her spouse George P. Dike, Brookline; bequest to MFA May 14, 1969