Alexander Peach, c. 1868 Hand-stenciled Watercolor Illustration from Horticultural Salesman Sample Catalog antique cow painting with light soiling and a

with light soiling and a little bumping to the corners especially upper right

or as a gift to a dear daughter on the anniversary of her arrival in the world

and no great mystery why

especially if one puts away the pictures when trying

but give me some flowers painted on a shell

Alexander Peach, c. 1868 Hand-stenciled Watercolor Illustration from Horticultural Salesman Sample Catalog antique cow painting with light soiling and aThis Alexander peach, and a Wealthy apple listed separately today I don't find these often, but recently came across a handful, and I just think they're gorgeous. This would have been one page in a salesman sample type horticultural specimen catalogue (unbound, but held together in a folio I believe). This is not a lithograph rather, the peach and leaves here were rendered in a manner akin to a theorem watercolor, using multiple, hand cut stencils and