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Four ways into 10,128 plates: by the artist who made them, the century they were printed in, the colour that dominates them, or the botanical group they belong to.
- Artists
- 67
- Centuries
- 5
- Colours
- 7
- Groups
- 150
By century
Every plate with a recorded publication date, grouped by the century of the first edition.
By colour
Dominant hue measured from each restored scan — useful for interiors, mood boards and print-on-demand.
By artist
Draughtsmen, engravers and lithographers credited on the title pages.
Sydenham Edwards, John Lindley1473
Nikolaus Joseph Freiherr von Jacquin914
Pierre-Joseph Redouté881
Charles Antoine Lemaire500
John James Audubon439
John Gould421
Mary Vaux Walcott400
Magdelena Rosina Funck298
George De Alwis271
Benjamin Wilkes234
Etienne Denisse200
Johann Baptist Emanuel Pohl200
Frederick Sander192
Chinese School175
Jean Jules Linden165
Elizabeth Twining160
Edward Step157
Maria Sibylla Merian144
James Bateman129
Gaetano Savi120
Arentine H. Arendsen119
John Lindley117
Anonymous113
Pierre Philippe Alyon102
Daniel Rabel100
Henriette Sjöberg100
Lorenzo Berlese100
Pierre Jean François Turpin100
William Roxburgh100
Sarah Anne Drake, Edwin Dalton Smith99
Jacob Marrel98
Rebecca Nourse91
Leopold Trattinnick80
Robert John Thornton, Carl von Linné80
Jean Claude Michel Mordant de Launay72
Charles McIntosh71
Mary Ann Brooks65
Aimé Bonpland, Pierre Joseph Redouté64
Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Pierre Joseph Redouté64
Carington Bowles60
Henriette Antoinette Vincent56
Clemenz Heinrich Wehdemann51
Giovanna Garzoni50
Mary Lawrence50
Priscilla Susan Bury50
Jane Elizabeth Giraud45
Isabella McHutcheson Sinclair44
Alfred Chandler, William Beattie Booth40
Charles Empson39
Illtyd Buller Pole-Evans39
Master of Claude de France39
Petr Martynovich Gofman38
James Bateman, Sarah Ann Drake37
Walter Crane36
Kazumasa Ogawa34
Josef Lauer33
Johan Laurentz Jensen30
Ellen W.26
Madeleine-Françoise Basseporte22
Fanny Elizabeth De Mole21
Maxymilian Fajans14
R. B. F.14
Liang Yuwei12
Pieter Casteels III12
Frances Sargent Osgood10
Isaac Sprague10
Catherine Parr Strickland Traill, Agnes Fitzgibbon8
By botanical group
Genus-level groupings taken from the plate captions — roses, irises, orchids, hummingbirds and more.
Iridaceæ133
Asparagaceæ128
Amaryllidaceæ84
Liliaceæ31
Asphodelaceæ24
Juncaceæ20
Eriocnemis15
Phaëthornis15
Cannaceæ13
Thalurania13
Orchidaceæ12
Pygmornis12
Thaumatias11
Campylopterus10
Bromeliaceæ9
Lampornis9
Lophornis9
Pyrrhophæna9
Glaucis8
Petasophora8
Colchicaceæ7
Helianthea7
Metallura7
Alismataceæ6
Bourciera6
Eucephala6
Heliangelus6
Oreotrochilus6
Ramphomicron6
Selasphorus6
Spathura6
Amazilia5
Chrysuronia5
Cyanomyia5
Doricha5
Erythronota5
Eustephanus5
Heliothrix5
Lesbia5
Musaceæ5
Acestrura4
Adelomyia4
Aglæactis4
Chlorostilbon4
Cometes4
Diphlogæna4
Lampropygia4
Panychlora4
Agyrtria3
Aphantochroa3
Avocettula3
Calypte3
Chalybura3
Chlorolampis3
Chætocercus3
Cynanthus3
Doryfera3
Eulampis3
Florisuga3
Gouldia3
Heliodoxa3
Heliomaster3
Hylocharis3
Oreopyra3
Orthorhynchus3
Oxypogon3
Panoplites3
Schistes3
Sporadinus3
Threnetes3
Anthocephala2
Augastes2
Calliphlox2
Calothorax2
Cephalepis2
Circe2
Clytolæma2
Commelinaceæ2
Cœligena2
Delattria2
Eugenes2
Eupetomena2
Eupherusa2
Eutoxeres2
Grypus2
Heliotrypha2
Iolæma2
Lafresnaya2
Leadbeatera2
Microchera2
Myrtis2
Phæochroa2
Phæolæma2
Polemistria2
Polytmus2
Sapphironia2
Saucerottia2
Topaza2
Trochilus2
Urosticte2
Androdon1
Atthis1
Avocettinus1
Aïthurus1
Calliperidia1
Callipharus1
Chrysolampis1
Damophila1
Discura1
Docimastes1
Dolerisca1
Elvira1
Eugenia1
Heliactin1
Heliopædica1
Hemistilbon1
Hemithylaca1
Hylonympha1
Hypuroptila1
Ionolæma1
Juliamyia1
Klais1
Lampraster1
Lamprolæma1
Lepidolarynx1
Leucippus1
Leucochloris1
Loddigesia1
Mellisuga1
Myiabeillia1
Oreonympha1
Panterpe1
Patagona1
Phlogophilus1
Phæoptila1
Pinarolæma1
Prymnacantha1
Pterophanes1
Rhodopis1
Smaragdochrysis1
Sparganura1
Sphenoproctus1
Stellula1
Sternoclyta1
Thaumastura1
Timolia1
Tryphæna1
Uranomitra1
Urochroa1
Zodalia1