Old Masters, British & European Paintings Part I - 3rd September 2025
Lot 642
Mary Elizabeth Rosenberg (1819-1914)
Estimate £4,000 - £6,000
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Description
Mary Elizabeth Rosenberg (1819-1914)
Corona Amaryllidacea, Bath: C. A. Bartlett for the author, n. d. [1839]
First edition, part one only (all issued), 9 original watercolour drawings, (8 called for), all but one initialled by the artist, each with letterpress title and description, one (Amaryllis Sweetii) laid to size, modern half morocco by Sangorski and Sutcliffe, original upper wrapper bound in, folio
RARE.
Provenance:
The Library of Henry Rogers Broughton, 2nd Baron Fairhaven
Literature:
Great Flower Books, p. 74; Nissen BBI 1678
This copy has an additional drawing, not called for. Mary Elizabeth Duffield-Rosenberg (1820–1914) was a member of the Institute of Painters and Watercolours and exhibited her work at the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition in Chicago, Illinois.