{"product_id":"alexander-peach-c-1868-hand-stenciled-watercolor-illustration-from-horticultural-salesman-sample-catalog-1","title":"Alexander Peach, c. 1868 Hand-stenciled Watercolor Illustration from Horticultural Salesman Sample Catalog","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis Alexander peach, and a Wealthy apple listed separately today--I don't find these often, but recently came across a handful, and I just think they're gorgeous. This would have been one page in a salesman sample type horticultural specimen catalogue (unbound, but held together in a folio I believe). This is not a lithograph--rather, the peach and leaves here were rendered in a manner akin to a theorem watercolor, using multiple, hand-cut stencils and meticulously applied layers of watercolor\/gouache. This technique is often called Pochoir, from the French, or a hand stencil print. With ink printed text below describing the attributes of this \"handsome\" specimen. C. 1870.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e8 3\/8\" x 5 3\/8\". Very good condition, watercolor and ink on watermarked wove. With a fingerprint showing a bit of red\/orange ink at bottom edge of peach, I would guess preserved when color was still wet. A bit of imperfection to  the ink on the text, original to the printing I believe. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"critical EYE Finds","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48407059464446,"sku":null,"price":60.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0015\/5022\/1382\/files\/IMG_5464.png?v=1781898951","url":"https:\/\/www.criticaleyefinds.com\/products\/alexander-peach-c-1868-hand-stenciled-watercolor-illustration-from-horticultural-salesman-sample-catalog-1","provider":"critical EYE Finds","version":"1.0","type":"link"}