"Spencer sweet peas / Shirley Temple" by Stecher-Traung Lithograph Company (1933-66) - 1940
by Stecher-Traung Lithograph Company (1933-66)
"Spencer sweet peas / Shirley Temple"
by Stecher-Traung Lithograph Company (1933-66)
- Used
- Fine
The original watercolor for one of Stecher-Traung's beloved seed-packets. — The 'Spencer' sweet pea is associated with Althorp in Northants: It was the fifth earl's gardener, Silas Cole, who noticed the new variety there in 1898, named it Countess Spencer, and sent 2200 seeds to America in 1903 — ancestors, I suppose, of the individuals pictured here.
- Seller Jay Dillon Rare Books + Manuscripts (US)
- Format/Binding Archilval mat (16 × 13 inches)
- Book Condition Used - Fine
- Publisher for Stecher-Traung Lithograph Company, ca 1940
- Place of Publication Rochester (New York)
- Date Published 1940
- Size 144 × 160 mm (5¾ × 6¼ inches)