Botanical Study Art Prints

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Botanical studies look at a plant the way a scientist would: one stem, one seed head, one leaf, drawn or painted with enough patience to show how it's put together. Expect antique herbarium plates, fine ink line drawings, soft watercolour specimens and pale scientific diagrams. One large study can anchor a wall on its own, though these prints are natural candidates for a repeating grid.

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Blue Cyanotype Botanical Study Art Print White

Blue Cyanotype Botanical Study Art Print

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Asparagus Cyanotype Study Art Print White

Asparagus Cyanotype Study Art Print

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Dahlias by Hannah Borger Overbeck Art Print Brown

Dahlias by Hannah Borger Overbeck Art Print

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Doricha Lyrura Hummingbirds by John Gould Art Print Oak

Doricha Lyrura Hummingbirds by John Gould Art Print

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Cow Parsley Cyanotype Art Print Black

Cow Parsley Cyanotype Art Print

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Sunlit Ginkgo Leaf Art Print Oak

Sunlit Ginkgo Leaf Art Print

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Trailing Eucalyptus Sprig Art Print Oak

Trailing Eucalyptus Sprig Art Print

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Fennel Bulb Blue Cyanotype Art Print Black

Fennel Bulb Blue Cyanotype Art Print

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Coriander Cyanotype in Blue Art Print Black

Coriander Cyanotype in Blue Art Print

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Blue Cyanotype Sprout Botanical Art Print Black

Blue Cyanotype Sprout Botanical Art Print

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Plate 35 by Ogino Issui Art Print Oak

Plate 35 by Ogino Issui Art Print

From €16,95 €24,95
Blue Cyanotype Botanical Study Art Print White

Blue Cyanotype Botanical Study Art Print

From €16,95 €24,95

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What are botanical prints called?

They're usually described as botanical illustrations or botanical studies "" detailed drawings or paintings of plants made to show structure such as leaves, stems, seed heads and flowers accurately. Older examples are often called antique or vintage botanicals, and many were originally produced as engravings or lithographs for plant reference books. Decorative reproductions of that style are simply sold as botanical art prints or botanical study prints.

Who are the famous botanical illustrators behind this style of print?

The tradition runs from 17th- and 18th-century plant engravers through to celebrated figures such as Pierre-Joseph Redouté, known for roses and lilies, and Maria Sibylla Merian, who paired plants with insects. Scientific societies and horticultural archives hold thousands of flora illustrations from the 1600s to the 1900s that shaped the look. Decorative botanical studies today borrow that same precise, specimen-on-a-plain-ground composition.