Antique Framed Original Botanical Lithograph (Himalayan Orchid) W. H. Fitch 1857

A fine original hand-coloured lithograph depicting the Himalayan orchid (Dendrobium crepidatum) in full bloom. Drawn and lithographed directly onto stone by Walter Hood Fitch (1817–1892), the most celebrated botanical illustrator of the Victorian era. Printed by Vincent Brooks, London, the leading lithographic house of the period.

Presented in a handsome Victorian gilt rope-twist frame with inner pale grey mount and outer cream-tone mat

Medium: Original hand-coloured lithograph
Artist: Walter Hood Fitch (1817–1892), del. et lith.
Printer: Vincent Brooks, London
Subject: Dendrobium crepidatum (Himalayan orchid)
Period: Victorian, 1857
Origin: British
Frame: Gilt carved wood, rope-twist profile, period
Condition: Good; paper with expected age toning; colours bright; frame with appropriate patina and minor wear to gilding consistent with age