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The Native Flowers and Ferns of the United States in their Botanical, Horticultural, and Popular Aspects

(American, 1826–1901)
(American, born in 1840)
(American, active 1860–1897)
1878–79
Place of PublicationBoston, Massachusetts, USA
Medium/TechniqueIllustrated books with chromolithographs
DimensionsOverall (each vol., variable): 26.5 x 20 x 4 cm (10 7/16 x 7 7/8 x 1 9/16 in.)
Credit LineGift of Arthur and Charlotte Vershbow
Accession number1982.796
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsIllustrated books
Description
Boston: L. Prang and Company, 1878[-1879]
ProvenanceCharlotte and Arthur Vershbow, by whom given to MFA December 1982, accessioned January 12, 1983.
Title Page
Thomas Nast
first published 1869
Celia Thaxter
1894
Baron Alfred Tennyson
1881
Restricted: For reference only
Norman Allison Calkins
1878
Unidentified artist, American, 19th century
1891
Kate Greenaway
1881 or later
Frederick Stuart Church
1892
Wilhelm Busch
1876–78