Lilium Bulbiferum, by H. J. Elwes Spaniel Our collection of architectural images

Our collection of architectural images is gathered from many of the finest sources of the 18th and 19th centuries

Image: 14 x 19"

Aside from "opening the door" to Japan in 1852

large helmets made visual identification of a warrior impossible

In the background of the four full colored reproductions is a vignette suggesting the "gentleman of leisure" wearing his new suit

Lilium Bulbiferum, by H. J. Elwes Spaniel Our collection of architectural imagesTHE VICTORIAN ERA H. J. Elwes (1846 1922), a widely traveled naturalist explorer who first became interested in lilies on a trip to the Himalayas. His folio, "A Monograph of the Genus Lilium" was issued on several stages between 1877 and 1880. The plates were drawn by H. J. Elwes, Lilian Snelling and Margaret Stones. H. J. Elwes wrote the text which included all known lilies at that time. The original folios were primarily hand colored lithographs