Elizabeth Blackwell Melon Engraving

Hand-colored copper engraving  Melongena, depicting a melon and its flower, Plate 549.  Drawn and engraved by Elizabeth Blackwell for her work A Curious Herbal, published in London, 1737.  Excellent condition.  Plate size 11 3/4  x 7 1/2 inches.  Mrs. Blackwell is recognized as a gifted botanical artist but actually published A Curious Herbal to free her husband from debtors’ prison.

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