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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.
Red Poppy Watercolour Art Print
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€24,95
Quiet Thrift in Bloom Art Print
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€24,95
Velvet Weed by Hannah B. Overbeck Art Print
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€24,95
Pitcher Plant Botanical Study Art Print
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€24,95
Blue Cyanotype Pampas Art Print
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Plate 56 by Ogino Issui Art Print
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€24,95
Blue Delphinium Botanical Study Art Print
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€24,95
Diphogena Aurora by John Gould Art Print
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Plate 42 by Ogino Issui Art Print
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Plate 19 by Ogino Issui Art Print
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Curly Kale Watercolour Study Art Print
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€41,95
Cuckoo Flower Watercolour Study Art Print
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€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.