Field Book of Western Wild Flowers, with five hundred illustrations in black and white, and forty-eight plates in color drawn from nature by the author

1915

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Armstrong’s Field Book of Western Wild Flowers contains a profusion of illustrations by her own hand, including five hundred in black and white and forty-eight in color.

Artwork Details

Title: Field Book of Western Wild Flowers, with five hundred illustrations in black and white, and forty-eight plates in color drawn from nature by the author
Artist: Written and illustrated by Margaret Neilson Armstrong (American, New York 1867–1944 New York)
Author: John James Thornber (American, 1872–1962)
Publisher: G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York and London
Printer: Knickerbocker Press (New York, NY)
Date: 1915
Medium: illustrations: color photographic process and offset lithographs
Dimensions: 6 7/8 x 3 15/16 x 1 5/16 in. (17.5 x 10 x 3.4 cm)
Classification: Books
Credit Line: Gift of Constance C. McPhee, 2011
Object Number: 2011.518
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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